2. Noun. An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type. ¹
3. Noun. A bushing. ¹
4. Noun. (slang) A forgetful person. ¹
5. Noun. (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spacer
1. one that spaces [n -S] - See also: spaces
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spacer
Literary usage of Spacer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Species Relationships From Ribosomal DNA spacer Sequences Many studies ...
Recently, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of the ribosomal DNA ..."
2. Rice Genetics II: Proceedings of the Second International Rice Genetics by International Rice Research Institute (1991)
"Among 243 accessions from 2 cultivated rice species and their wild relatives with
the AA genome, 18 spacer-length variants were detected. ..."
3. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1856)
"The spring spacer or stopping-instrument T, constructed, arranged, and operating
substantially as described. 2d. 1 claim the spring feeder FG, constructed, ..."
4. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1870)
"1053. in that direction, this distance being measured, and this motion of the
machine restricted to correspond, by the spring-spacer T. Tho point at the ..."
5. Boxes for the Protection of Books: Their Design and Constructionby Margaret R.. Brown by Margaret R.. Brown (1998)
"To make this spacer, glue together the board and covering material listed below
and rub down well with a bone folder. Then, make a clean cut along one long ..."
6. Corinth: The Centenary, 1896-1996 by Charles K. Williams, Nancy Bookidis (2003)
"In baths where spacer tubes were used, a terracotta tube, held in place by a ...
18.8:d).ss When the spacer tubes from the Great Bath were published in 1985 ..."
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