"hair space" meaning in All languages combined

See hair space on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: hair spaces [plural]
Etymology: Referring to the thinness of a hair. Head templates: {{en-noun}} hair space (plural hair spaces)
  1. (letterpress typography) A piece of metal type used to create the narrowest space.
    Sense id: en-hair_space-en-noun-tXKhvx7p Categories (other): Typography Topics: letterpress-typography, media, publishing, typography
  2. (typography, US) The narrowest space appearing between letters and punctuation. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-hair_space-en-noun-d6R1jeUC Categories (other): American English, Typography, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Topics: media, publishing, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hr # (english: proofreading) [abbreviation]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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