Thesaurus results for SPACINGS

spacings

noun

plural of spacing

as in distances

the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects the spacing of the houses was a little tight

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Recent Examples of spacings Several spacings and gaps were potential vermin entrances including spacing and gaps between floor boards, a vertical air gap along double front doors and on the ceiling above the ice cream chest freezer in the retail aisle. —

Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado updated January 23, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026 More distant spacings will leave gaps in the bed. —

Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025 The Columbia researchers fabricated metasurface structures consisting of arrays of nanoantennas with subwavelength spacings. —

IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2017

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Smoke shops that are already in business within those distances will have two years to close.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Brit Pop often trafficked in ironies, distances, and coolness.

— Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 15 June 2026