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pi·ca
1
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kə
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pahy
-k
uh
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noun
Printing
.
1.
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
2.
the depth of this type size as a unit of linear measurement for type, pages containing type, etc.; one sixth of an inch.
3.
a 12-point type, widely used for typewriters, having 10 characters to the inch.
Compare
elite
(
def. 4
)
.
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Origin:
1580–90;
apparently <
Medieval Latin
pīca
pie
4
,
on the model of
brevier
,
canon
1
(
def. 14
)
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pi·ca
2
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ˈpaɪ
kə
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[
pahy
-k
uh
]
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noun
Pathology
.
an abnormal appetite or craving for substances that are not fit to eat, as chalk or clay, common in malnutrition, pregnancy, etc.
Origin:
1555–65;
<
Neo-Latin,
special use of
Latin
pīca
jay,
magpie
,
with reference to its omnivorous feeding
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