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Spacing vs Diastema - What's the difference?

spacing | diastema |

As nouns the difference between spacing and diastema

is that spacing is the action of the verb space while diastema is a gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans) in other species, a diastema refers to a gap between teeth of different types, eg incisors and molars, which is a feature of some rodents and ungulates.

As a verb spacing

is .

As an adjective spacing

is that inserts space between two objects.

spacing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb space.
  • A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.
    • The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.
  • The space between two objects or people.
    • Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.

    Derived terms

    * automatic spacing * channel spacing * double-spacing * echo spacing * French spacing * interframe spacing * letter-spacing, letterspacing * level spacing distribution * line-spacing * measured spacing * optical spacing * segment long spacing * self-spacing tile * single-spacing * spacing effect * spacing mark * spacing mix * third-spacing * triple-spacing * word spacing * zero spacing flux

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That inserts space between two objects.

    • Derived terms

    * long-spacing sonic log * non-spacing, nonspacing

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    diastema

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans). In other species, a diastema refers to a gap between teeth of different types, e.g. incisors and molars, which is a feature of some rodents and ungulates.
  • * 1968 , Anthony Burgess, Enderby Outside :
    • A gormless-looking boy, thin and exhibiting diastemata in the shop-front lights, offered him English newspapers.
  • In pathology, a diastema may refer to any abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in an organ or part of the body.
  • In cell biology, the diastema is the modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division.

    • Derived terms

    * diastematic

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