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spaceband

[ speys-band ]

Printing.
  1. a wedge-shaped piece of metal used in typecasting machines to adjust the space between words and to justify lines of type.

spaceband

/ ˈspeɪsˌbænd /

noun

  1. printing a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spaceband1

First recorded in 1900–05; space + band 2

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