space mark

noun Printing.

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

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Nearby words

space inversion, space junk, space lattice, space law, space man, space mark, space medicine, space opera, space out, space platform, space probe

Compare hash mark, number sign, pound sign.

Origin of space mark

First recorded in 1885–90

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