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em
[em] 
noun, plural ems, adjective –noun
| 1. | the letter M, m. |
| 2. | Also called mut, mutton. Printing.
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| 3. | em pica. |
–adjective
| 4. | Printing. having the area of an em quad or the length of an em dash. |
Origin:
1860–65
1860–65
EM
| 1. | electromagnetic. |
| 2. | electromotive. |
| 3. | electronic mail. |
| 4. | electron microscope; electron microscopy. |
| 5. | end matched. |
| 6. | Engineer of Mines. |
| 7. | enlisted man; enlisted men. |
Em
Symbol, Physical Chemistry.
| emanation (def. 3). |
'em
[uhm] –pronoun Informal.
| them: Put 'em down there. |
E.M.
| 1. | Earl Marshal. |
| 2. | Engineer of Mines. |
em pica
–noun Printing.
| a unit of measurement equal to about one-sixth of an inch (4 mm). |
Also called em.
en-
1| a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from French and productive in English on this model, forming verbs with the general sense “to cause (a person or thing) to be in” the place, condition, or state named by the stem; more specifically, “to confine in or place on” (enshrine; enthrone; entomb); “to cause to be in” (enslave; entrust; enrich; encourage; endear); “to restrict” in the manner named by the stem, typically with the additional sense “on all sides, completely” (enwind; encircle; enclose; entwine). This prefix is also attached to verbs in order to make them transitive, or to give them a transitive marker if they are already transitive (enkindle; enliven; enshield; enface). |
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| EM abbr.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : em
Spanish:
en,
German:
weiter entlang,
Japanese:
～の途中に
Main Entry: EM
Function: abbreviation
1 electromagnetic
2 electron microscope; electron microscopy
3 emergency medicine
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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EM abbr.
electron microscope
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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EM
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