Spacer

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A spacer is generally something used to create a space between two objects, often to properly position them.

There are also a number of specialised usages for the term.

• Asthma spacers are used to ensure proper delivery of inhaled asthma medication.
• Orthodontic spacer
• Spacers, the first humans to emigrate to space in Isaac Asimov's Robot Series, also used in certain other sci-fi franchises to designate a being who resides primarily aboard ships and stations in space
• in space opera, and science fiction and roleplaying games in general, the word is often used to refer to humans in general or a specific caste of humans who live in outer space, or (by analogy with "sailor") serve as the crew of spaceships.
• molecular spacers on a molecular level
• In the High Guard, the military force of the Systems Commonwealth (from the series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda), a Spacer is a junior enlisted rating in the Argosy (space navy). It is equivalent to a Crewman in Star Trek's Starfleet, or a seaman in the present-day United States Navy.