em
[ em ]
/ ɛm /
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noun, plural ems.
adjective
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Origin of em
First recorded in 1860–65
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Origin of 'em
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English hem, Old English heom, dative and accusative plural of he1
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EM
abbreviation
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Compare im-1.
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E.M.
abbreviation
Earl Marshal.
Engineer of Mines.
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em
/ (ɛm) /
noun printing
Also called: mutton, mut the square of a body of any size of type, used as a unit of measurement
Also called: pica em, pica a unit of measurement used in printing, equal to one sixth of an inch
Word Origin for em
C19: from the name of the letter M
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EM
abbr.
electron microscope
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em-
pref.
Variant ofen-
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