respacing

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noun

spacing again, or by a different amount

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of respace
nounrespacing (plural respacings)

plural respacings

  1. spacing again, or by a different amount

    No major platform improvements have been possible in the past because the piers of an overbridge at the north end of the station prevented respacing of the tracks.

    1951 May, “Track Layout at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 290

Origin

From re- + spacing.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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