whitespace

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A form of 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).

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Meanings

nounwhitespace (countable and uncountable, plural whitespaces)

plural whitespaces

  1. alternativeattributivecountableoftenuncountableAlternative form of white space.

    An escaped name must be terminated by a whitespace.

    2010, Stuart Sutherland, Don Mills, Verilog and SystemVerilog Gotchas, page 20

Synonyms & antonyms

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Cite this entry
APA

whitespace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitespace

MLA

“whitespace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitespace. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whitespace,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitespace.

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