spacing

About 5.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of space
2. noun The action of the verb space.
3. noun A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.

   The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.

4. noun The space between two objects or people.

   Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.

5. noun The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.
6. adjective That inserts space between two objects.

Similar words

spatial arrangement separator partition interval layout separation separate distance disengagement segregation

Often followed by

of between and is in for to the on

Word family

spacings