Definition of Spacer

1. Noun. A person who works in space. ¹

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

spacelike
spacelikeness
spaceliner
spaceliners
spaceling
spacelings
spaceman
spacemen
spacenik
spaceniks
spaceplane
spaceplanes
spaceport
spaceports
spacepower
spacer (current term)
spacer DNA
spacers
spaces
spaces of iridocorneal angle
spacescape
spacescapes
spaceshifting
spaceship
spaceshiplike
spaceships
spacesick
spacesuit
spacesuits
spacetime

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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