spaced adjective. [speɪst] E19.
[from SPACE verb + -ED¹.]
1. Of printed or typed matter: having the words or lines separated by (a specified mode of) spacing. E19.
double-spaced, single-spaced, etc.

2. Set or occurring at intervals in space or time; fig. measured, regulated. Also with out. L19.
■ W. S. Burroughs Two pairs of sandals..were spaced eighteen inches apart.
■ G. Clare Migraine attacks were..intermittent and spaced out over..long periods.
b. spec. Of children: born at certain intervals. M20.
Times A smaller or adequately spaced family.

3. In a state of drug-induced euphoria, out of touch with reality, disoriented. Freq. foll. by out. slang (orig. US). M20.
■ J. O'Faolain Jame's mind moved as though he were spaced out: slowly, repetitively.
■ M. Piercy You're spaced. Do you take downers?

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