white space

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwahyt, wahyt speys]
- /ʰwaɪt, waɪt speɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwahyt, wahyt speys]
- /ʰwaɪt, waɪt speɪs/

Definitions of white space words

noun white space the unprinted area of a piece of printing, as of a poster or newspaper page, or of a portion of a piece of printing, as of an advertisement; blank space: White space is as effective in a layout as type. 1
noun white space radio frequency 1
noun white space the portions of a printed page that lack text, illustrations, etc. and are therefore blank 0
noun white space White area between written characters and graphic regions on a produced page or computer display; blanks and the vertical blank lines in between paragraphs, or other organized rows of text lines (poetry). 0
noun white space (computer science) Any single character or series of characters that represents horizontal or vertical space in typography. 0

See all 5 definitions of white space

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Origin of white space

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for White space

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of White space

white space popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

white space usage trend in Literature

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