Kern has 7 synonyms. The top synonyms for Kern are strangeness, proton, photon, nucleus, neutron, meson, alpha particle. Another word for Kern is strangeness. Browse the full list below.
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What is a synonym for Kern?
A common synonym for Kern is strangeness. Other synonyms include proton, photon, nucleus, neutron.
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