word wrap

text A feature of word processors and most text editors

where a word which would extend past the right hand margin is

moved to the following line. This is more sophisticated than

character wrap which only moves to the next line for the first

character past the right margin and thus will break some words

in the middle. The program may actually insert a new line in

the text at the point where it is wrapped or it may only

display it as though it contained a new line at that point.

(1996-07-24)