form feed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A control character traditionally used to cause the printer to eject the current page of output and start a new page, more recently equivalent to a carriage return.

Word forms

form feed form feeds

Etymology

From form + feed.

Synonyms

mul:\f
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