"字送り" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 字送り [canonical] (ruby: (), (おく)), jiokuri [romanization]
Etymology: 字 (“character”) + 送り (“sending; feed”) Etymology templates: {{af|ja|字|送り|sort=しおくり'|t1=character|t2=sending; feed}} 字 (“character”) + 送り (“sending; feed”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|じおくり}} 字(じ)送(おく)り • (jiokuri)
  1. a carriage return (The action on a typewriter or printer that returns it to the beginning of the line)
    Sense id: en-字送り-ja-noun-MWXLy5Ep
  2. (typography) the distance between the two center points of the advance widths of two successive monospace CJK characters, sometimes mistranslated as "tracking" by Western software localizers
    Sense id: en-字送り-ja-noun-oYpT-~N7 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Typography, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Topics: media, publishing, typography
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