"non-breaking space" meaning in English

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      "glosses": [
        "A variant of the space character that prevents text from wrapping onto the next line at that point."
      ],
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          "computing",
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        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "wrap",
          "wrap"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A variant of the space character that prevents text from wrapping onto the next line at that point."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "NBSP"
        },
        {
          "word": "no-break space"
        },
        {
          "word": "hard space"
        }
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a variant of the space character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "harde spatie"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a variant of the space character",
          "word": "sitova välilyönti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a variant of the space character",
          "word": "yhdistävä välilyönti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a variant of the space character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "espace insécable"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a variant of the space character",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "geschütztes Leerzeichen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a variant of the space character",
          "word": "nem törhető szóköz"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nōburēkusupēsu",
          "sense": "a variant of the space character",
          "word": "ノーブレークスペース"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "fâsele-ye naškan",
          "sense": "a variant of the space character",
          "word": "فاصله نشکن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a variant of the space character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spacja niełamiąca"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nerazrývnyj probél",
          "sense": "a variant of the space character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "неразры́вный пробе́л"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a variant of the space character",
          "word": "fast mellanslag"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "non-breaking space"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "non-breaking space"
}

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        "A variant of the space character that prevents text from wrapping onto the next line at that point."
      ],
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        "(computing) A variant of the space character that prevents text from wrapping onto the next line at that point."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "NBSP"
        },
        {
          "word": "no-break space"
        },
        {
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        }
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a variant of the space character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "harde spatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a variant of the space character",
      "word": "sitova välilyönti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a variant of the space character",
      "word": "yhdistävä välilyönti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a variant of the space character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espace insécable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a variant of the space character",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "geschütztes Leerzeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a variant of the space character",
      "word": "nem törhető szóköz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nōburēkusupēsu",
      "sense": "a variant of the space character",
      "word": "ノーブレークスペース"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fâsele-ye naškan",
      "sense": "a variant of the space character",
      "word": "فاصله نشکن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a variant of the space character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spacja niełamiąca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nerazrývnyj probél",
      "sense": "a variant of the space character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неразры́вный пробе́л"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "a variant of the space character",
      "word": "fast mellanslag"
    }
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  "word": "non-breaking space"
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