nonspace

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noun

That which is not a social or physical space, or lacks the traditional attributes of spaces.

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Meanings

nounnonspace (countable and uncountable, plural nonspaces)

plural nonspaces

  1. countableuncountableThat which is not a social or physical space, or lacks the traditional attributes of spaces.

    Today, the elevator cars of skyscrapers themselves have become the most intimidating nonspaces of the American metropolis.

    1986, Norbert Messler, The art deco skyscraper in New York
  2. countableuncountablecomputingA text character that is not a space (or not whitespace).

    For instance, spaces in a filename shipped from a DOS client are not translated to nonspace characters...

    2006, Mark Lutz, Programming Python, Volume 10

Origin

From non- + space.

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Cite this entry
APA

nonspace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonspace

MLA

“nonspace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonspace. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonspace,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonspace.

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