Definition of Space bar

1. Noun. The bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when used.

Generic synonyms: Key
Group relationships: Typewriter Keyboard

Definition of Space bar

1. Noun. (computing) A key, in the shape of a bar, near the bottom of a keyboard, that generates a space character when pressed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Space Bar

space-filling curve
space-filling curves
space-filling model
space-like
space-reflection symmetry
space-station
space-time
space-time clustering
space-time continuum
space-travel
space adaptation syndrome
space age
space alien
space aliens
space attenuation
space bar
space bars
space biology
space blanket
space blankets
space cadet
space cadets
space cake
space cakes
space capsule
space capsules
space case
space cases
space centrode
space centrodes

Literary usage of Space bar

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

1. Mechanical Appliances, Mechanical Movements and Novelties of Construction: A by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1910)
"The space bar, E, extends entirely across the front of the keyboard, and a bar, F, which is supported by rods, G, from levers, H, extends under all of the ..."

2. The Monotype System: A Book for Owners & Operators of Monotypes by Lanston Monotype Machine Company (1912)
"Justifying-space Bar. 186. A flat BAR at the bottom of each KEYBANK, ... Striking either space bar operates the JUSTIFYING-SPACE PUNCH (which see) to ..."

3. Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices, and Appliances: Comprising an by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1904)
"The space bar, E, extends entirely across the front of the keyboard, and a bar, F, which is supported by rods, G, from levers, H, extends under all of the ..."

4. Problems in Office Practice and Business Style by Harold Strumpf (1922)
"+ Hold down space bar, strike the hyphen and then the diagonal or move the cylinder backward slightly and strike the underscore and the l or I key. ..."

5. The Expert Typist by Clarence Charles Smith (1922)
"Return the carriage to the space between your and letter and hold the space bar down while striking I. Then release it and strike e. ..."

6. The Expert Typist by Clarence Charles Smith (1922)
"If more space is needed, back space once, depress the space bar while ... This saves a space in the same way as holding the space bar with the LC Smith. ..."

7. The Psychology of Skill, with Special Reference to Its Acquisition in by William Frederick Book (1908)
"... or (3) struck the space bar before he had finished the word; or (4) reversed the order of the letters in certain words; or (5) struck a letter in a ..."

8. Microcomputer Security by David J. Stang (1991)
"If you pass over a seemingly blank cell, it must be that it contained a space bar tap or two. Q Save the worksheet, then sort the range you have summed. ..."

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