line feeding

A form of line feed — 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.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of line feed
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line feeding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20feeding

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“line feeding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20feeding. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “line feeding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20feeding.

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