interword
- noun
- /ˈɪntərˌwɜrd/
- Specialized
:
espacio entre palabras
- The editor adjusted the spacing to eliminate any confusion in the interword gaps.
- interword regressions
Examples
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In the printed text, every interword distance should be consistent for better readability.
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Proper punctuation helps clarify the meaning by emphasizing the importance of the interword spaces.
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We speculated that beginning readers' eye movements might be particularly affected by decoding difficulties, and so we counted intraword regressions (a measure of decoding difficulty) as well as the more typically reported interword regressions.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.0
A blank area between words when writing or typing
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4.0
Characters like spaces, tabs, or newlines that separate words
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9.8
A small narrow space between things where dust or air can pass
A small space between parts of an object
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The noun interword comes from the parts inter- ('between') and word, so it literally means 'the space between words'. That's why an interword is the gap you see between two words in writing or print, and why changing it can make text easier or harder to read.