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em 音標拼音: ['ɛm] n. M的字;全方 M的字;全方 em n 1: a quad with a square body; " since ` em quad' is hard to distinguish from ` en quad', printers sometimes called it a ` mutton quad'" [ synonym: { em}, { em quad}, { mutton quad}] 2: a linear unit ( 1/ 6 inch) used in printing [ synonym: { em}, { pica em}, { pica}] M \ M\, n. 1. ( Print.) A quadrat, the face or top of which is a perfect square; also, the size of such a square in any given size of type, used as the unit of measurement for that type: 500 m' s of pica would be a piece of matter whose length and breadth in pica m' s multiplied together produce that number. [ Written also { em}.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( law) A brand or stigma, having the shape of an M, formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy. [ 1913 Webster] { M roof} ( Arch.), a kind of roof formed by the junction of two common roofs with a valley between them, so that the section resembles the letter M. [ 1913 Webster]
' Em \' Em\ An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster]
Em \ Em\, n. ( Print.) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type. [ 1913 Webster]
Em- \ Em-\ A prefix. See { En-}. [ 1913 Webster] |
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