Line feed

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    On a typewriter, the action of the carriage roller to push the page up one or more lines, often simultaneously with executing a carriage return.
  2. 2
    the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed on the next line wordnet
  3. 3
    The character (0x0a in ASCII) which advances the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the next line on a display.
  4. 4
    A signal that contains the content about to be broadcast on radio or television.

    "It appears that Director Chalmers was the only one who, while reading the final draft, noticed that the wording of one clause required the Post Office to provide a line feed to each station."

Verb
  1. 1
    To advance the page one line at a time, particularly in rapid succession.

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"It appears that Director Chalmers was the only one who, while reading the final draft, noticed that the wording of one clause required the Post Office to provide a line feed to each station."

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