Kern Meaning and Definition


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Kern meaning

Word: Kern

How to pronounce: kɜːn

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Adjust the spacing between (letters or characters) in a piece of text to be printed.

Example sentences: "Please kern the double underscores in the code below"

2. Design (metal type) with a projecting part beyond the body or shank.

Noun

Definitions:

1. The part of a metal type projecting beyond its body or shank.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A light-armed Irish foot soldier.

Example sentences: "Composition involved, in Gaelic parts, the commutation of the chief's right to take up supplies for his household and quarter his kerne and galloglass on his subjects for defence."

2. A peasant; a rustic.


Synonyms:

core sample

kernel


Derivations:

kerne

kerning


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Kern in Other Languages...

Spanish:

German: Kerning

French: Kern

Italian: Crenatura

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