OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5146

em

/ˈɛm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
eme
The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.
It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."
cuadratín
A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
Insert here a one-em dash or long dash.
That the price of work, paid for by letters be advanced from fourpence to fourpence halfpenny per thousand, including English and brevier; and, in leaded matter, the ems and ens at…
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