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4 dictionary results for: Serif
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ser·if       [ser-if] Pronunciation Key
–noun Printing.
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
Also, especially British ceriph.


[Origin: 1835–45; perh. < D schreef line (in writing), akin to schrijven to write]
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ser·if       (sěr'ĭf)  Pronunciation Key 


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n.   A fine line finishing off the main strokes of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.


[Perhaps from Dutch schreef, line, from Middle Dutch scrēve, from scriven, to write, from Latin scrībere; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]

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serif 
1841, see sans-serif.

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serif

noun
a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character 

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