spacer
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈspeɪsə(ɹ)/
spacer (plural spacers)
- (sometimes, scifi) A person who works or lives in space.
- An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
- A bushing.
- (slang) A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
- (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
- (historical) An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.
- French: entretoise
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