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hair space

noun

, Printing.
  1. the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.


hair space

noun

  1. printing the thinnest of the metal spaces used in setting type to separate letters or words
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of hair space1

First recorded in 1835–45

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