Em
[em] or [ɪm]
Definition
(noun.) a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
(noun.) a quad with a square body; 'since `em quad' is hard to distinguish from `en quad', printers sometimes called it a `mutton quad''.
Typist: Randall--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
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Definition
n. the name of the letter M: (print.) the unit of measurement in estimating how much is printed on a page.
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Examples
- What did you burn 'em for? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I'll beat 'em, if it cost me a thousand guineas. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But there's not a dozen men amoong 'em, ma'am—a dozen? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It's policy to give 'em line enough, and there's no objection to that. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Why, take a look at 'em and see. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Could you commission any friend of yours to bring me a pair, if you've no further use for 'em? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Twould please 'em well at such a time! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And when I wait upon 'em, they'll say to me sometimes--WITH IT ON--thick, and no mistake--“How am I looking, Mowcher? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Or even if I any ways should want a wink or two,' added Sloppy, after a moment's apologetic reflection, 'I could take 'em turning. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His model was a po em by Empedocles on Nature, the grand hexameters of which had fasci nated the Roman poet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The words we've smashed 'em rang in his ears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Isn't it an extraordinary thing of Krook to have appointed twelve o'clock to-night to hand 'em over to me? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You needn't repeat 'em,' says Wegg, pressing his hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I likes to keep my things where I knows whar to go to 'em, said Dinah, rather decidedly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- One or another on 'em,' said the turnkey, repudiating beforehand the refusal of all his suggestions. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Operated by a single person, the Mergenthaler produces and assembles linotypes ready for the press or stereotyping table at the rate of from 3,600 to 7,000 ems (type characters) per hour. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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