spacingn.

Brit.

/ˈspeɪsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈspeɪsɪŋ/

Forms: see space v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: space v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < space v. + -ing suffix¹.

†1. Scottish. The action of pacing or walking. Cf. space v. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun]

walkinga1325

spacingc1485

ambulation1554

footing1567

hoofing1652

Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, ponya1774

pedestrianizing1799

pedestrianism1808

ankle express1887

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxiii. 92 The raxing of thy membris esily with a lytill spassing, makis all thy corps jn better disposicioun.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxiii. 95 Sleping efter mete with resonable spacyng efterwart..fulfillis the nature.

a. In printing, writing, or typing: the separation of words, lines, etc., using spaces. Occasionally with out.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > action of spacing words or lines

spacing1683

proportional spacing1942

society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [noun] > spacing

spacing1683

scabbarding1786

whiting1882

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 248 With too great Spacing-out or too Close Setting, he..may save himself a great deal of Labour.

1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 112 Spacing consists in putting a proper distance between words.

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 396 In common Roman Matter, a moderate equal distance between word and word, is counted True Spacing.

1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. vi. 159 Close spacing is as unpleasant to the sight as wide spacing.

1862 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 15 Where the printer can help by means of large letters and spacing.

1871 Spectator 22 Apr. 474 The difference between huddling and spacing out is one which depends partly on character.., very few men..spacing out their letters exactly alike.

1932 M. Crooks & F. Dawson Etheridge's Dict. Typewriting (ed. 3) 225 In an inch of space it is possible to insert varying numbers of letters in a particular type... This spacing is referred to as the ‘pitch’ of the type.

1968 J. R. Biggs Basic Typogr. 41/1 Spacing is consistent but the right-hand margin is left irregular. This does not always reduce word breaks very much.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Apr. 29/1 Many of the difficulties Pound faced in getting this instalment of the Cantos into print involved typographical problems such as lay-out, spacing and hyphens.

b. The action of positioning or arranging at intervals; the result of this action; physical separation. Occasionally with out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > action of placing at certain intervals

spacing1711

espacement1867

punctuation1876

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 38 The Floor, Foot-hooks and Top-timbers, which Timbers ought first to be equally spaced... I mean by spacing, that according to the Magnitude of the Ship there be an Allowance made for two of the first Floor-timbers, besides a Vacancy between them for Air.

1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 167 The spacing of the rails, the number of them, and likewise the stem-timbers, are just the same as before described.

1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 129 The sizes and spacing of the rivets must be regulated accordingly.

1895 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Brit. Archit. 14 Mar. 349 There are other points of difference between the spacing out of the pictures.

1909 Times Engin. Suppl. 17 Feb. 18/3 Distance would be computed by observing the apparent spacing of the lights.

1958 ‘C. Fremlin’ Hours before Dawn xxi. 173 Her niece..was frowning dreadfully over the spacing of the button holes in the front ribbing.

1995 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 21 Jan. 41/8 Take the lines off to the various garden beds where you fit in the spray jets at appropriate spacings.

†3. figurative. Breadth of treatment; spaciousness. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > breadth

spacing1877

1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 257 If we are now and then conscious in the book of a certain want of spacing,..a sense of being too narrowly enclosed.

4. The period of time between successive occurrences of an event or action.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > malaria > interval between bouts of

spacing1898

1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. ii. 48 The fever.., except in the matter of the spacing, which is one of forty-eight hours, resembles that caused by the quartan parasite.

1948 Proc. Symp. Large-scale Digital Calculating Machinery 1947 103 Fig. 1 shows a typical ‘word’ of five pulses length. T represents the pulse spacing in time, and p the pulse width.

1973 L. L. Geismar 555 Families 208 The negative association of number and..the spacing of children to family functioning needs to be interpreted as applying to a young urban, predominantly lower-class and nonwhite population.

1991 Sky Warriors 1 ii. 47/1 Due to enroute weather, the planned ‘mass-fly-out’ became individual departures with five minute spacing.

1999 Independent 20 Apr. ii. 9 (caption) Few parents are aware of the issues involved in birth spacing.

Compounds

General attributive, as spacing collar, spacing lace, spacing machine, spacing washer, etc.

ΚΠ

1862 Times 12 June 6/1 Another novelty exhibited here is Drake's boring and spacing machine.

1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xxiv. 300 ‘Seaming’ lace and spacing lace appears to have been generally used at this period..instead of a seam sewed.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2251/1 Spacing and Boring Machine, (Wood-working) a machine for boring blind-stiles, sashes, etc., at accurately equal distances.

1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 442/2 Spacing Lace..does not intimate a particular kind of lace, but lace used for a certain purpose.

1916 Automobile Engineer 6 92/2 (caption) Adjustable spacing collar for milling cutters.

1923 Popular Wireless 27 Oct. 294/1 (advt.) Spacing washers, large…per doz. 2½d.

1971 Buck & Hickman Tool Buyer's Guide 96 Spacing Washers also supplied 1¹/ ₂ in. bore × 2¹/ ₄ in. dia.

2006 Watercraft World (Nexis) Oct. 44 For speed runs he switches out the intake grate and removes spacing washers from the back of the ride plate to increase the bow angle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spacing
释义	spacingn. Brit. /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/ Forms: see space v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: space v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < space v. + -ing suffix¹. †1. Scottish. The action of pacing or walking. Cf. space v. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] walkinga1325 spacingc1485 ambulation1554 footing1567 hoofing1652 Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, ponya1774 pedestrianizing1799 pedestrianism1808 ankle express1887 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxiii. 92 The raxing of thy membris esily with a lytill spassing, makis all thy corps jn better disposicioun. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxiii. 95 Sleping efter mete with resonable spacyng efterwart..fulfillis the nature. 2. a. In printing, writing, or typing: the separation of words, lines, etc., using spaces. Occasionally with out. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > action of spacing words or lines spacing1683 proportional spacing1942 society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [noun] > spacing spacing1683 scabbarding1786 whiting1882 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 248 With too great Spacing-out or too Close Setting, he..may save himself a great deal of Labour. 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 112 Spacing consists in putting a proper distance between words. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 396 In common Roman Matter, a moderate equal distance between word and word, is counted True Spacing. 1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. vi. 159 Close spacing is as unpleasant to the sight as wide spacing. 1862 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 15 Where the printer can help by means of large letters and spacing. 1871 Spectator 22 Apr. 474 The difference between huddling and spacing out is one which depends partly on character.., very few men..spacing out their letters exactly alike. 1932 M. Crooks & F. Dawson Etheridge's Dict. Typewriting (ed. 3) 225 In an inch of space it is possible to insert varying numbers of letters in a particular type... This spacing is referred to as the ‘pitch’ of the type. 1968 J. R. Biggs Basic Typogr. 41/1 Spacing is consistent but the right-hand margin is left irregular. This does not always reduce word breaks very much. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Apr. 29/1 Many of the difficulties Pound faced in getting this instalment of the Cantos into print involved typographical problems such as lay-out, spacing and hyphens. b. The action of positioning or arranging at intervals; the result of this action; physical separation. Occasionally with out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > action of placing at certain intervals spacing1711 espacement1867 punctuation1876 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 38 The Floor, Foot-hooks and Top-timbers, which Timbers ought first to be equally spaced... I mean by spacing, that according to the Magnitude of the Ship there be an Allowance made for two of the first Floor-timbers, besides a Vacancy between them for Air. 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 167 The spacing of the rails, the number of them, and likewise the stem-timbers, are just the same as before described. 1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 129 The sizes and spacing of the rivets must be regulated accordingly. 1895 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Brit. Archit. 14 Mar. 349 There are other points of difference between the spacing out of the pictures. 1909 Times Engin. Suppl. 17 Feb. 18/3 Distance would be computed by observing the apparent spacing of the lights. 1958 ‘C. Fremlin’ Hours before Dawn xxi. 173 Her niece..was frowning dreadfully over the spacing of the button holes in the front ribbing. 1995 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 21 Jan. 41/8 Take the lines off to the various garden beds where you fit in the spray jets at appropriate spacings. †3. figurative. Breadth of treatment; spaciousness. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > breadth spacing1877 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 257 If we are now and then conscious in the book of a certain want of spacing,..a sense of being too narrowly enclosed. 4. The period of time between successive occurrences of an event or action. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > malaria > interval between bouts of spacing1898 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. ii. 48 The fever.., except in the matter of the spacing, which is one of forty-eight hours, resembles that caused by the quartan parasite. 1948 Proc. Symp. Large-scale Digital Calculating Machinery 1947 103 Fig. 1 shows a typical ‘word’ of five pulses length. T represents the pulse spacing in time, and p the pulse width. 1973 L. L. Geismar 555 Families 208 The negative association of number and..the spacing of children to family functioning needs to be interpreted as applying to a young urban, predominantly lower-class and nonwhite population. 1991 Sky Warriors 1 ii. 47/1 Due to enroute weather, the planned ‘mass-fly-out’ became individual departures with five minute spacing. 1999 Independent 20 Apr. ii. 9 (caption) Few parents are aware of the issues involved in birth spacing. Compounds General attributive, as spacing collar, spacing lace, spacing machine, spacing washer, etc. ΚΠ 1862 Times 12 June 6/1 Another novelty exhibited here is Drake's boring and spacing machine. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xxiv. 300 ‘Seaming’ lace and spacing lace appears to have been generally used at this period..instead of a seam sewed. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2251/1 Spacing and Boring Machine, (Wood-working) a machine for boring blind-stiles, sashes, etc., at accurately equal distances. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 442/2 Spacing Lace..does not intimate a particular kind of lace, but lace used for a certain purpose. 1916 Automobile Engineer 6 92/2 (caption) Adjustable spacing collar for milling cutters. 1923 Popular Wireless 27 Oct. 294/1 (advt.) Spacing washers, large…per doz. 2½d. 1971 Buck & Hickman Tool Buyer's Guide 96 Spacing Washers also supplied 1¹/ ₂ in. bore × 2¹/ ₄ in. dia. 2006 Watercraft World (Nexis) Oct. 44 For speed runs he switches out the intake grate and removes spacing washers from the back of the ride plate to increase the bow angle. 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