Phrase 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
A metal block used to separate words, one third of an em in width.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: letterpress-typography, media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: 3-to-the-em space, 3-em space
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In digital text, a character representing a thick space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: 3-to-the-em space, 3-em space
Antonyms: none provided
History
From thick + space. First use appears c. 1683 in the writings of Joseph Moxon.
