English Explanatory Dictionary

tab stop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. On a typewriter, any of the horizontal locations where the carriage movement is halted by mechanical gears.
  2. A horizontal column in a text document to which the cursor jumps when the Tab key is pressed, used for alignment.

Word forms

tab stop tab stops tabstop
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