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1.
Also called twelvemo. a book size of about 5 × 71/2 inches (13 × 19 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 12 leaves or 24 pages. Symbol: 12 mo, 12°
2.
a book of this size.
adjective
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in duodecimo; twelvemo.
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Duodecimo
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Origin:
1650–60; short for Latin in duodecimō in twelfth
1650–60; short for Latin in duodecimō in twelfth
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duodecimo
1650s, from L. in duodecimo (folded) "in a twelfth" of a sheet, from ablative of duodecimus "twelfth," from duodecim (see dozen). Often abbreviated 12mo.; a book in which each page is the twelfth part of the printer's sheet.
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