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What is a spacer?

What is a spacer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (sometimes science fiction) A person who works or lives in space.
  2. An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
  3. A bushing.
  4. (slang) A forgetful person.
  5. (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
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There is a spacer in the magazine which prevents longer cartridges from being loaded.
There is an unusual combination spacer and recoil buffer made of an alloy of brass, titanium and magnesium.
Among other things, it also functions as a spacer, as a shock absorber, and as a motion unit.
The bone graft is harvested from the patient's pelvic bone and inserted along with a spacer in between the vertebral bodies.
A thin oxide spacer is used to displace P-type dopant implantation to P-type shallow source and drain extension junctions.
Remove the mouthpiece cover and place the spacer over the mouthpiece at the end of the inhaler.

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