double-spacing

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   typing that leaves alternate lines blank

   Broadertyping

Questions about double-spacing

What does double-spacing mean?

double-spacing means "typing that leaves alternate lines blank".

How many syllables are in double-spacing?

double-spacing has 4 syllables: dou-ble--spa-cing. The stress falls on "ble-".

Is double-spacing a common word?

double-spacing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.