hair space
hair space · hair spaces
A piece of metal type used to create the narrowest spaceA piece of metal type used to create the narrowest space.
Meaning
2 sensesA piece of metal type used to create the narrowest space.
(printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters
(US)The narrowest space appearing between letters and punctuation.
Origin
Referring to the thinness of a hair.Referring to the thinness of a hair.
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Forms
plural: hair spaces| Singular | hair space |
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Synonyms
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.