Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negative space

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
neg-a-tive s-pace
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The space around and between the subjects of an image.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

negative spaces (plural)

Questions

What does negative space mean?
The space around and between the subjects of an image.

How to pronounce negative space

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