Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A device used in cable telegraphy for reversing the current at proper intervals, thus increasing the speed of transmission: also used for a somewhat similar purpose on land-lines.
- n. In a typewriter, a key, and the mechanism connected with it, by which spaces are made between words.
- n. In a type-setting machine, a device for spacing words.
- n. Anything by which a space or interval is made.
Wiktionary
- n. A person who works in space.
- n. An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
- n. A bushing.
- n. slang A forgetful person.
- n. medicine A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
Etymologies
- to space + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The first twenty-one pills have a combination of synthetic estrogen and progestin hormones; the last seven pills have no hormones and are called spacer pills, sugar pills, or inactive pills.”
“-- The use of a double-dose of fluid called spacer in the well.”
The Washington Post: Hearings focus on possible human factors in BP oil spill
“I invented an extremely low-cost version of a device, known as a spacer, that dramatically increases the amount of medication that can reach the lungs of a child to relieve the symptoms of an asthma attack.”
A Good and Cheap Asthma Solution - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“A spacer is a chamber that attaches to an inhaler, captures the discharged medication and holds it until the patient inhales it.”
A Good and Cheap Asthma Solution - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“It is common knowledge that when a warp thread drops out, its place is indicated by a thinness or fine opening for the whole length of the missing warp, and this is so because the reed, besides pushing the weft into position, also acts as a warp spacer, that is to say it keeps the warp threads properly apart, every one being properly aligned.”
“The sequence located between the ribozyme and the biosensor binding domains on the HCV target, the so-called spacer domain, was always kept between 4 and 7 nt in length as this length has been shown to be optimal”
“The remedy being readied by Toyota and its supplier CTS Corp involves a shim, also called a spacer, that will be placed in the accelerator to keep it from sticking, sources said.”
“The remedy being readied by Toyota and its accelerator supplier, CTS Corp, involves a shim, also called a spacer, that will be placed in the accelerator to keep it from sticking, sources have said.”
“The remedy being readied by Toyota and CTS involves a shim, also called a spacer, that will be placed in the accelerator to keep it from sticking, sources said.”
“The remedy being readied by Toyota and CTS elsewhere involves a shim, also called a spacer, that will be placed in the accelerator to keep it from sticking when affected by condensation, sources said.”
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