spacing
/ˈspeɪsɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work."
- "Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable."
- "If you are following a book like Starting Electronics, however, a breadboard is even more useful. […] Differences lie between breadboards in the spacings and the positionings of the holes, and the number of holes in each group."
- "He was a laconic old soul who loved spacing only a jot better than he loved Martian alky."
- "Shepard: You don't seem too broken up about your partner's death. Pitne For: Dakni Kur knew the risks when he took to spacing. Right now, my worry is me. Pitne For: It's unhealthy to be a volus in the Nos Astra spaceport right now. Especially a volus named Pitne For!"
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
bed spacing
third spacing
level spacing distribution
self-spacing tile
spacing effect
spacing mark
spacing mix
zero spacing flux
Frequently Paired Words
level spacing distribution
self-spacing tile
spacing effect
spacing mark
spacing mix
zero spacing flux
long-spacing sonic log