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backspacer

noun

Etymology

From backspace + -er.

  1. derived from *(s)peh₂-✻
  2. derived from spatium
  3. derived from space
  4. inherited from space
  5. compounded as backspace — “back + space”
  6. suffixed as backspacer — “backspace + er”

Definitions

  1. A mechanism in a typewriter that controls backspacing.

    • All have automatic backspacers and shift keys, and some have special devices for controlling touch pressure, and special mechanisms for expansion of space between the cylinder roller and the platen when doing multiple copy work.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backspacer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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