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  2. Thin space - Wikipedia

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    Spacing examples. The top row is unspaced, the middle row has a thin space between the words, and the bottom has a regular space. In typography, a thin space is a space character whose width is usually 1 ⁄ 5 or 1 ⁄ 6 of an em. It is used to add a narrow space, such as between nested quotation marks or to separate glyphs that

  3. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    A small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Tympanum (Greek τύμπανον, from τύπτειν, to strike) The triangular space enclosed between the horizontal cornice of the entablature and the sloping cornice of the pediment. Though sometimes left plain, it is often decorated.

  4. Claustrophobia - Wikipedia

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    Claustrophobia is a fear of confined spaces. It is triggered by many situations or stimuli, including elevators, especially when crowded to capacity, windowless rooms, and hotel rooms with closed doors and sealed windows. Even bedrooms with a lock on the outside, small cars, and tight-necked clothing can induce a response in those with ...

  5. Vestibule (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    A floor plan with a modern vestibule shown in red. A vestibule (also anteroom, antechamber, air-lock entry or foyer) is a small room leading into a larger space [1] such as a lobby, entrance hall, or passage, for the purpose of waiting, withholding the larger space from view, reducing heat loss, providing storage space for outdoor clothing, etc.

  6. Typographic alignment - Wikipedia

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    Another example: when the spaces between words line up approximately above one another in several loose lines, a distracting river of white space may appear. [4] Rivers appear in right-aligned, left-aligned and centered settings too, but are more likely to appear in justified text, because of the additional word spacing.

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  8. Hammerspace - Wikipedia

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    An example of hammerspace working in reverse is Odo, the chief of security from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Odo is frequently seen shapeshifting into much smaller objects, such as birds, drinking glasses, small animals, etc., but with no corresponding increase in mass. What actually happens to Odo's extra mass is never revealed.

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