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Answer for the clue "Vertical space ", 8 letters:
headroom

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Word definitions for headroom in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In digital and analog audio , headroom refers to the amount by which the signal-handling capabilities of an audio system exceed a designated nominal level . Headroom can be thought of as a safety zone allowing transient audio peaks to exceed the nominal ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"space above the head," 1851, from head (n.) + room (n.).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. vertical space available to allow easy passage under something [syn: headway , clearance ] the capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without distortion [syn: dynamic headroom ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The vertical clearance above someone's head, as in a tunnel, doorway etc. 2 (context electronics English) The ability of a system to reproduce loud sounds free of distortion; dynamic headroom. 3 The distance between the actual performance of an algorithm ...

Usage examples of headroom.

Overhead rammers, sponges and wormers were held up in racks, restricting even more the limited headroom.

A large and fairly comfortable cabin was built into the afterpart of the ship, partly lowered into the hold to give it more headroom without rising too high above the deck.

Just getting into one of those backbreakers took a certain amount of gymnastic skill, and the headroom was so small it was all but impossible to turn over.

We had three tanks, four armored personnel carriers modified into fighting vehicles (ACAVs), an APC with added headroom and radios (a command track), and a light recovery vehicle that we called a cherrypicker though it had just a crane, not a bucket.

The effect on the French soldiers would be terrifying: the fact they weren't used to the half-darkness and low headroom of a frigate's gun deck put them at a disadvantage.