EM : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: EM	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for EM
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
em n a quad with a square body; "since `em quad' is hard to distinguish from `en quad', printers sometimes called it a `mutton quad'" Synonym(s): em, em quad, mutton quad a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing Synonym(s): em, pica em, pica
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.] 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. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
'Em \'Em\ An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Em- \Em-\ A prefix. See {En-}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EM {End of Medium}