spacing

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The researchers used computer simulations to optimize important structural features, including gap dimensions and the spacing between repeating units.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Slowly but surely, he broke down picking the hook, separating verses using slick spacing, and adding layers of intricately placed sounds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

But unlike the tradwife with her gaggle of youngsters underfoot, the orangutan mother sustains this intense caretaking by spacing her kids seven or so years apart.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

The spacing between atoms in the graphene closely matched the de Broglie wavelength of the positronium at the energies used in the experiment.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

I realized that Stanchion was deliberately spacing things out to give the audience a chance to move about and make noise between the songs.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss