- present participle of space.
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the arrangement of letters, words, etc, on a page in order to achieve legibility or aesthetic appeal
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the arrangement of objects in a space
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One of the strongest patterns involved the spacing between the dinosaur's left and right footprints.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Mexico was struggling to adjust to new spacing and speedy Anthony Gordon broke free near the box.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Deschamps identified that the spacing of France's defensive set-up was off and that offensively the players were in zones that didn't best suit many of them.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Coach Mike Brown’s “five-out” approach ensures every player is a 3-point threat, creating wide spacing to stretch defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
People tell me I look like I’m spacing out.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
If such arrays can be produced on-demand with any desired spacings, it could greatly improve phonon-polaritons' imaging ability and would be a huge achievement, said Moore.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
“Undisguised, our individual traits are laid bare,” he wrote in “Private Domain,” “and our shapes, spacings, and timings are established.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
For outdoor use, we recommend the 5mm Wide Angle Conical LED Lights from Christmas Designers, available in warm white, multicolor, or single color in a variety of lengths and bulb spacings.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2018
Grid cells occur in discrete ‘modules’ with distinct spacings and widths of the firing fields24.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017
Sometimes at vertical intervals of not more than one or two inches, again with spacings of a score of feet, we find divisional planes, which indicate a sudden change in the process of rock formation.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
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