interfixation

noun, adj — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From interfix + -ation.

The act or process of interfixing.

adj

Etymology From inter- + fixation.

Between fixations of the eyeballs.

Interfixation distance is the metric that is often used to measure how readers space their fixations.2012, Keith Rayner, Eye Movements in Reading: Perceptual and Language Processes:

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