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em

Syllabification: (em)

Pronunciation: /em/

Definition of em

noun

Printing

a unit for measuring the width of printed matter, equal to the height of the type size being used.
a unit of measurement equal to twelve points.

Origin:

late 18th century: the letter M represented as a word, since it is approximately this width

em in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of em in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

Elysian
Elysium
elytron
Elzevir
EM
em
'em
em dash
em rule
emaciated
emaciation

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More results for em

'em US. Eng
em- in en- (also em-)¹ US. Eng
em- in en- (also em-)² US. Eng
em dash US. Eng
em rule US. Eng
Forster, E. M. US. Eng

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enjambement

/ ɪnˈdʒam(b)m(ə)nt

noun

(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause …

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