Kern (7 synonym found)

Kern has 7 synonyms. The top synonyms for Kern are alpha particle, meson, neutron, nucleus, photon, proton, strangeness. Another word for Kern is alpha particle. Browse the full list below.

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What is a synonym for Kern?

A common synonym for Kern is alpha particle. Other synonyms include meson, neutron, nucleus, photon.

How many synonyms does Kern have?

Kern has 7 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does Kern mean?

(n): a light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; often used as a term of contempt; in hot-metal printing, a kern is any part of a letter which extends into the space use

Definition of Kern:

(n) : a light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; often used as a term of contempt; in hot-metal printing, a kern is any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter
"c.1599: "O, then belike she was old and gentle; and you rode like a kern of Ireland, your French hose off and in your strait strossers." — Henry V: Ac.3 Sc7, Wm. Shakespeare."
(v) : to adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs), particularly in a proportional font (printing); to perform a kerning adjustment
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Definition of Kern:

(n) : a light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; often used as a term of contempt; in hot-metal printing, a kern is any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter
"c.1599: "O, then belike she was old and gentle; and you rode like a kern of Ireland, your French hose off and in your strait strossers." — Henry V: Ac.3 Sc7, Wm. Shakespeare."
(v) : to adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs), particularly in a proportional font (printing); to perform a kerning adjustment
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