'EM' definitions:
Definition of 'em'
(from WordNet)
noun
A quad with a square body; "since `em quad' is hard to distinguish from `en quad', printers sometimes called it a `mutton quad'" [syn: em, em quad, mutton quad]
noun
Definition of 'Em'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'em'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Acronyms for 'em'
From: V.E.R.A.
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