"zero-width space" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: zero-width spaces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} zero-width space (plural zero-width spaces)
  1. A control character indicating where a line break may occur. Wikipedia link: zero-width space Coordinate_terms: em space, en space, no-break space, thick space, thin space, word space
    Sense id: en-zero-width_space-en-noun-ESVR3jKx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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