headspace
See also: head-space and head space
English edit
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Noun edit
headspace (countable and uncountable, plural headspaces)
- The space between the top of the contents of a container (such as a jar) and its seal (such as a lid).
- Synonym: headroom
- 1997, S. D. Holdsworth, “Food Preservation Processes”, in M. D. Ranken, R. C. Kill, C. Baker, editors, Food Industries Manual[1], 24th edition, Blackie Academic and Professional, →ISBN, page 517:
- Control of headspace is important for economic and technical reasons. Underfilling will contravene Weights and Measures legislation and may cause rusting in the headspace […]
- (informal) One's mental state.
- Synonym: brainspace
- 1996, Andrew Cowan, Common Ground:
- It's like, I need to clear my headspace but I can't do that with him around because he's just ego, you know? He dumps on me. So that's it.
- (informal) Unscheduled time for reflection and thinking.
- 2011, Eric J. Gregory, Would You Like Profits, →ISBN:
- As a business owner, a truly effective business owner that is building a profitable business machine, you need headspace, thinking time, planning time, brainstorming time, education time, decision making time, questioning time and more thinking time.
- (firearms) The gap between the face of the bolt and the stopping surface for the cartridge.
- (chemistry) The gas phase in contact and in equilibrium with a nonvolatile sample.
Verb edit
headspace (third-person singular simple present headspaces, present participle headspacing, simple past and past participle headspaced)