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单词 hair space
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Definition of hair space in English:

hair space

noun
Printing
  • A very thin space between letters or words.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'd like to type hair spaces either side of em dashes and wonder whether there was a system-wide shortcut that I could use.
    • A hair space is used when extremely small spaces are needed.
    • And there are one or two quotations inside quotations where the outer double quote needs a hair space to set off the immediately following inner single quote.
    • Some writers eschew the use of the em dash - instead, they replace it with the shorter en dash - which is then also surrounded by spaces or hair spaces.
    • Em dashes look downright stupid without the hair space on either side: normal spaces are much, much too wide, while no space at all makes the text look cramped.
 
 

Definition of hair space in US English:

hair space

noun
Printing
  • A very thin space between letters or words.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Em dashes look downright stupid without the hair space on either side: normal spaces are much, much too wide, while no space at all makes the text look cramped.
    • A hair space is used when extremely small spaces are needed.
    • And there are one or two quotations inside quotations where the outer double quote needs a hair space to set off the immediately following inner single quote.
    • I'd like to type hair spaces either side of em dashes and wonder whether there was a system-wide shortcut that I could use.
    • Some writers eschew the use of the em dash - instead, they replace it with the shorter en dash - which is then also surrounded by spaces or hair spaces.
 
 
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