Definition of em

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Em (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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Arrondissement :: Arrondissement (n.) A subdivision of a department.
Authority :: Authority (n.) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent..
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing..
History :: History (n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill..
Embayed :: Embayed (imp. & p. p.) of Emba.
Digenea :: Digenea (n. pl.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents..
Bless :: Bless (v. t.) To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
Thar :: Thar (n.) A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo..
Consonant :: Consonant (n.) An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound..
Memorialized :: Memorialized (imp. & p. p.) of Memorializ.
Radius :: Radius (n.) A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere.
Tiebeam :: Tiebeam (n.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof..
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
En :: En (n.) Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em..
Starve :: Starve (v. t.) To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air..
Zenith :: Zenith (n.) That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.
Near :: Near (adv.) Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A painting done with this preparation.
Roundsman :: Roundsman (n.) A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen..
Compatibility :: Compatibility (n.) The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties..
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