noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   In a linotype machine, a kind of extensible wedge used to produce spaces of variable width in the text.

Synonyms

All synonyms

quadratslugspace

Etymology

From space + band.

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