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EIGHTEENMO

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eight⋅een⋅mo

  [ey-teen-moh] noun, plural -mos, adjective Bookbinding.
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octodecimo.
Origin:
eighteen + -mo

oc⋅to⋅dec⋅i⋅mo

  [ok-tuh-des-uh-moh] noun, plural -mos for 2, adjective
–noun
1. a book size of about 4 × 6 1/4 in. (10 × 16 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 18 leaves or 36 pages. Symbol: 18mo, 18°
2. a book of this size.
–adjective
3. in octodecimo.
Also called eighteenmo.

Origin:
1855–60; short for NL in octōdecimō in an eighteenth (of a sheet)
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eight·een·mo   (ā-tēn'mō)   
n.   pl. eight·een·mos
See octodecimo.

[From 18mo, abbr. of octodecimo.]
oc·to·dec·i·mo   (ŏk'tə-děs'ə-mō')   
n.   pl. oc·to·dec·i·mos In both senses also called eighteenmo.

  1. The page size, 4 by 6 1/2 inches, of a book composed of printer's sheets folded into 18 leaves or 36 pages.

  2. A book composed of octodecimo pages.


[Late Latin (in) octōdecimō, (in) an eighteenth, ablative sing. of octōdecimus, eighteenth, from Latin octōdecim, eighteen : octō, eight; see oktō(u) in Indo-European roots + decem, ten; see dek in Indo-European roots.]
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