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sextodecimo

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sex⋅to⋅dec⋅i⋅mo

  [sek-stoh-des-uh-moh] noun, plural -mos, adjective Printing.
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–noun
1. sixteenmo (def. 1).
–adjective
2. sixteenmo (def. 3).
Origin:
1680–90; < L sextōdecimō, abl. sing. of sextusdecimus sixteenth

six⋅teen⋅mo

  [siks-teen-moh] noun, plural -mos, adjective
–noun
1. Also called sextodecimo. a book size (about 4×6 in.; 10×15 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 16 leaves or 32 pages.
2. a book of this size. Symbol: 16mo, 16°
–adjective
3. printed, folded, or bound in sixteenmo; sextodecimo.
Origin:
1840–50; sixteen + -mo
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sex·to·dec·i·mo   (sěk'stō-děs'ə-mō')   
n.   pl. sex·to·dec·i·mos In both senses also called sixteenmo.

  1. The page size of a book composed of printer's sheets folded into 16 leaves or 32 pages.

  2. A book composed of sextodecimo pages.


[Latin sextōdecimō, ablative of sextusdecimus, one sixteenth : sextus, sixth; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots + decimus, tenth (from decem, ten; see dek in Indo-European roots).]
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