"soft break" meaning in All languages combined

See soft break on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-soft break.wav [US] Forms: soft breaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soft break (plural soft breaks)
  1. (cycling) A breakaway that is allowed to go from the peloton in a stage race because it poses no strategic threat to any of the main contenders in the general classification.
    Sense id: en-soft_break-en-noun-en:type_of_breakaway_in_cycling Categories (other): Cycling, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (computing) A soft line break: any of certain kinds of line break (depending on implementation details) that cause a newline (i.e., line feed plus carriage return) inside a single paragraph, rather than demarking a paragraph break (hard return). Synonyms: soft return Coordinate_terms: hard return, paragraph break
    Sense id: en-soft_break-en-noun-en:soft_line_break Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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