"tab leader" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tab leaders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tab leader (plural tab leaders)
  1. (computing) In word processing, a series of repeated text characters filling the area of a tab stop, such as the row of periods/dots leading to the name of a chapter in a table of contents. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-tab_leader-en-noun-yv8~MjDb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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