"line feed" meaning in All languages combined

See line feed on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: line feeds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} line feed (plural line feeds)
  1. On a typewriter, the action of the carriage roller to push the page up one or more lines, often simultaneously with executing a carriage return.
    Sense id: en-line_feed-en-noun-H7Pwg7AB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 27 13 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 34 12 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 29 14 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 28 16 30
  2. (computing) The character (0x0a in ASCII) which advances the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the next line on a display. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: the character which advances the paper by one line or moves cursor to the next line): rivinsiirto (Finnish), Zeilenvorschub [masculine] (German), línuskiptastafur [masculine] (Icelandic), satır atlatma (Turkish), satır besleme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-line_feed-en-noun-rNNpK9S5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 27 13 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 34 12 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 29 14 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 28 16 30 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: the character which advances the paper by one line or moves cursor to the next line': 11 88 1
  3. (broadcasting) A signal that contains the content about to be broadcast on radio or television. Categories (topical): Broadcasting
    Sense id: en-line_feed-en-noun-kkgFK3vL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 27 13 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 34 12 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 29 14 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 28 16 30 Topics: broadcasting, media

Verb [English]

Forms: line feeds [present, singular, third-person], line feeding [participle, present], line fed [participle, past], line fed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|line feed<,,fed>}} line feed (third-person singular simple present line feeds, present participle line feeding, simple past and past participle line fed)
  1. To advance the page one line at a time, particularly in rapid succession. Hypernyms: control character, control code Related terms: double-spaced, EOL, one-and-a-half-spaced, printer, single-space, typewriter, word processing Coordinate_terms: carriage return
    Sense id: en-line_feed-en-verb-GqhsXM2c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 27 13 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 34 12 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 29 14 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 28 16 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 24 14 40 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 25 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 21 26 14 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 26 14 38

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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