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Noun
line feed

1. On a typewriter, the action of the carriage roller to push the page up one, two or one and a half lines (as set elsewhere) when executing a carriage return.
2. computing The character (0x0a in ASCII) which advances the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the next line on a display.

Verb
to line feed

1. To advance the page one line at a time, particularly in rapid succession.

See also
typewriter
word processing
carriage return
control character
control code
single-space
double-spaced
one-and-a-half-spaced
printer

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