punctuation space (English, noun)
expansion: punctuation space (plural punctuation spaces)
Senses:
glosses: A space of non-variable width: ⊣ ⊢ equal to the width of a period (full stop) or comma, inserted after ⟨“⟩ or ⟨‘⟩ and before ⟨”⟩ or ⟨’⟩ (and sometimes ⟨?⟩ or ⟨!⟩), unless a punctuation mark occurs there. It is Unicode character U+2008. When using X11 input method, the conventional key combination is Compose+Space+Period.
raw_tags: in dated typography
Forms:
form: punctuation spaces
tags: plural