spacing

Pluralspacings

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The way things or people are placed apart from each other.

   Like the even gaps between fence posts in a long row.

   The wide spacing between the trees lets sunlight reach the forest floor.

   Even spacing of the parked cars made the lot look orderly.

   Similararrangement, distribution, layout, placement

2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The gap or distance between two things or people.

   Like the gap between two cars stopped at a red light.

   The spacing between the two desks was barely wide enough to walk through.

   Riders kept a safe spacing so their bikes would not clip each other.

   Similardistance, gap, interval, separation, clearance

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The act of placing things apart with spaces between them.

   The spacing of the type by hand slowed the printing job considerably.

   She finished the spacing of the seedlings in the garden just before lunch.

   Similararrangement, placement, positioning, distribution

4. 4
   verb

   Present participle of space. Use this -ing form when the action is happening now.

   He is spacing the chairs evenly around the long table.

   She is spacing the plants about a foot apart in each row.

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5. 5
   adjective

   Putting or adding space between two objects.

   Like a small block that keeps two things from touching.

   The spacing roller separates the sheets as they pass through the press.

   Engineers fitted a spacing washer between the two metal plates.

   Similarseparating

6. 6
   noununcountable

   The job or life of working and living out in space.

   Like the life of a sailor, but among the stars instead of on the sea.

   Years of spacing had made him uneasy whenever he stood on solid ground.

   She gave up spacing to live on a quiet colony world.

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