spacing

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But unlike the tradwife with her gaggle of youngsters underfoot, the orangutan mother sustains this intense caretaking by spacing her kids seven or so years apart.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

The spacing between atoms in the graphene closely matched the de Broglie wavelength of the positronium at the energies used in the experiment.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

The simulations matched the experimental data and confirmed the newly observed behavior, including the spacing between the paired "dancers."

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Weyerhaeuser is creating a digital twin of its timberlands using satellite imagery, drone photography and lidar, which will tell the company the size, species and spacing of each tree.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Why did they have the spacing between their orbits that Copernicus had deduced?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan