"allowing and gauging of intervals between words in setting type," 1680s, verbal noun from space (v.).
some women do not control the spacing of their children
spaceman
spacer
spaceship
spacesuit
spacewalk
spacing
spacious
Spackle
spacy
Spad
spade
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