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spaced

spaced

2.6
Placed at regular distances so they are not close together
  • adjective
  • /speɪst/
translation icon : espaciado
  • In the garden, the plants were spaced carefully to ensure they have enough room to grow.

OK, so I think we can get him roughly spaced out, and then we can measure.

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Examples

  • OK, I know it's a small change, but oh that looks so much better to have them spaced equally.

  • What we're looking for here is a perfectly spaced mouse movement with no gaps.

  • OK, so I think we can get him roughly spaced out, and then we can measure.

  • The trick is to look at things that lie on equally spaced planes.

  • So in the actual electron microscope, these items are spaced out about like this.

  • That's why these are evenly spaced out in this linear way.

  • So you can actually see there's different coils of the wires spaced out with a hand laid layer in between.

  • From these radiated out wide streets out into districts spaced with orchards, gardens and farms.

  • The photos were arranged in a spaced manner to create an appealing layout.

  • During the presentation, the slides were spaced to allow for better readability.

Synonyms

staggered
vsspaced
4.3

Placed so parts do not line up and occur at different times

is arranged with regular spaces or intervals rather than offset patterns
separated
vsspaced
1.0

Not together with other people, kept apart from them

is deliberately placed with measured spaces rather than merely apart

Antonyms

222 1.0

Full of too many people to move or sit comfortably

60 4.1

Small and tightly packed so it does not take much space

7.5

Having no spaces between words or letters

Compounds

Typed or printed text that has no blank space between lines

There is an empty line between every line of text

How Far Apart

sparse
31 5.0
spaced
2.6
adjacent
100 3.8

Surface Forms

spaced positive

Morphology

spaced = space (transparent) = space + ed

Meaning is directly derived from the verb 'space' with the adjectival past-participle '-ed' indicating arranged with intervals.

Etymology

The word spaced comes from space, a word for 'room' or 'distance'. So, when things are spaced they are put with room or distance between them.