Definition of Double-spacing

1. Noun. Typing that leaves alternate lines blank.

Generic synonyms: Typewriting, Typing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-spacing

double-quotes
double-quoting
double-reciprocal plot
double-reed
double-reed instrument
double-replacement reaction
double-replacement reactions
double-ripper
double-rippers
double-shock sound
double-shot
double-sided
double-six
double-space
double-spaced
double-spacing (current term)
double-strand break
double-stranded
double-stranded complimentary DNA
double-struck
double-talk
double-team
double-time
double-tongued
double-tonguing
double-track
double-trouble
double-u
double-ues
double-voided specimen

Literary usage of Double-spacing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Writing the Photoplay by Joseph Berg Esenwein, Arthur Leeds (1919)
"With regard to the proper spacing for a photoplay manuscript, some editors prefer single and others double spacing. Again, sometimes an editor may have a ..."

2. Better Business English: A Working Manual for the Business Writer, Including by John Matthews Manly, John Arthur Powell (1921)
"The single spacing of the address and the double spacing of the body of the letter ia a practice not to be commended. (2) Whether a paragraph should be ..."

3. The Stenographer's and Correspondent's Handbook: A Reference Work on by International Correspondence Schools (1910)
"7 Double spacing is generally preferred when the letter can be written double spaced on one ... When double spacing would require two sheets for the letter, ..."

4. Commercial Letters by John Baker Opdycke, Celia Anne Drew (1918)
"It may be written in single or in double spacing. In cases where only three lines are required, the double spacing is ..."

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