space mark

American  

noun

Printing.

1. a proofreader's symbol used to indicate the need to insert space, as between two typed or printed words that have been run together. #

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Etymology

Origin of space mark

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

A long road ahead to bringing prices down While Branson and Bezos’ flights to space mark key moments for their space tourism businesses, the space industry is far from being able to offer its services to the rest of the public.

From The Verge

In this rollicking buddy-flick in space, Mark Ruffalo more than held his own as Bruce Banner/the Hulk and director Taika Waititi gave us Marvel’s finest minor character yet, the eternally cheerful rock alien Korg.

From The Guardian

“The place needed a lot of love, and more space,” Mark says.

From Seattle Times

“It was a reverse engineering of the independent film model into the television space,” Mark says.

From The Guardian

Flow is important to him: margins of white space mark off sections and groupings of GIFs that are meant to scan as cohesive paragraphs or stanzas.

From The New Yorker