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space bar

n.
A bar at the bottom of the keyboard of a computer or typewriter that when pressed down introduces a horizontal space into text, as between words.
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space′ bar`


n.
a horizontal bar on a typewriter or computer keyboard that is pressed to insert a space.
[1885–90]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.space bar - the bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when usedspace bar - the bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when used
key - a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
typewriter keyboard - a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed
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Each Motix comes in two parts, the reader device that sits at the back of the keyboard and interprets your finger movement into cursor movement, and a touchpad-like strip that sits at the bottom of the keyboard near the space bar. The strip provides the full functionality of a mouse, including clicking and scrolling.
Almost instantaneously, Stocco, who wore noise-canceling earbuds and wasn't looking at a computer screen, involuntarily moved his right index finger to push the space bar on the keyboard in front of him, as if firing the cannon.
Many authors still use the space bar instead of the tab key and tend to centralise titles and headings with the space bar.
The task involved pressing the space bar on a computer keyboard whenever a green square appeared on the screen.
You just type a letter combo and then tap the space bar. For example, typing "myver," for "my version," and then the space bar gives you your BlackBerry OS version; typing "mypin" shows your BlackBerry PIN number; "LT" gives you the local time; "LD" shows the date; and "mynumber" displays your phone number.
For example, Swanson erroneously suggests a Navy drone can self-destruct simply by touching the space bar on a computer keyboard.
By comparison, when I type a French word using the MSWord programme, it corrects the spelling in the right way immediately I tap the space bar!
You can also start your program by a simple key press, like the space bar. Try snapping on the "when space key pressed" block and then press your space bar.
The geniuses at Quirky have created a great solution--the Space Bar. A sort of elevated shell, this handy item goes great with the desktop, slipping seamlessly underneath a monitor to not only elevate the computer, but provide a great place to tuck away the keyboard for more space.
Her words cast themselves with restless abandon into the story world; one never quite knows where Levine will go after hitting the space bar. "As I fell into the circuitry of their relationships, a current closed over me and I was theirs," says the narrator of "Alia," who imagines herself into a story told to her by a roommate at school.
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