Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The amount of space between adjacent text characters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: tracking
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spacing
noun
The practice of typing a letterspace in between the letters of a word (for emphasis) or an abbreviation (for delimitation), which in current orthographies and styles tends to be limited (to only certain uses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spacing, spacing out
History
From letter + spacing.
