English word senses marked with topical category "Book sizes"
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Total 48 word senses
- D (Noun) Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
- F (Symbol) Ford Motor Company
- F (Noun) In the American Library Association, a folio-sized book, over 30 cm in height.
- F (Noun) Initialism of Fujita (followed by a number when used in a rating on the Fujita scale and indicating the intensity of a tornado).
- Fe (Noun) American Library Association abbreviation for forty-eighth, a book size (7.5-10 cm in height); a book of that height.
- O (Adjective) (Singapore, colloquial, after kopi (“coffee”) or teh (“tea”)) With sugar and no condensed milk added.; With sugar and no condensed milk added.
- Q (Noun) Short for Q factor (“quality factor”).
- Q (Noun) American Library Association abbreviation of quarto (“book size”).
- Q (Proper name) Arthur Quiller-Couch.
- S (Noun) Initialism of sextodecimo (book size, 15-17.5 cm in height).
- Sf (Noun) a book size one sixty-fourth of the size of a standard uncut sheet of paper (less 7.5 cm (3") in height)
- T (Noun) The Ford Motor Company's Model T automobile.
- T (Noun) Trailer car.
- T (Noun) A T cell.
- T (Noun) A T-beam.
- Tt (Noun) a book size range corresponding to one thirty-second of the size of an uncut sheet of paper, 10-12.5 cm in height.
- duodecimo (Noun) A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
- fo (Noun) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").
- folio (Noun) A sheet of paper folded in half.
- octavo (Noun) A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
- octodecimo (Noun) A size of a sheet of paper resulting from folding and cutting a sheet of paper into eighteenths (3.5"-4.5" x 4.9"-5.9").
- octodecimo (Noun) A book consisting of pages of that size.
- quadragesimo-octavo (Noun) A book size, (2.5"-3.1" x 2.5"-3.3"), corresponding to the paper size.
- quarto (Noun) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
- quarto (Noun) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).; Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
- quarto (Noun) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
- sexagesimo-quarto (Noun) A book size, (1.87"-2.5" x 2.5"-3.125"), corresponding to the paper size.
- sextodecimo (Noun) A size of a sheet of paper resulting from folding and cutting a sheet of paper into sixteenths (3.25"-5" x 5"-6.25").
- sextodecimo (Noun) A book consisting of pages of that size.
- thirty-twomo (Noun) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
- trigesimo-secundo (Noun) A book size, (3.75"-5" x 2.5"-3.125"), corresponding to the paper size.
- twelvemo (Noun) a page, book etc. of that size
- vicesimo-quarto (Noun) A book size, (2.5"-3.3" x 5"-6.25"), corresponding to the paper size.
- 12mo (Noun) Abbreviation of duodecimo, a page size (5"-5.5" x 7.125"-7.5")
- 12mo (Noun) A book size using duodecimo-sized pages.
- 16mo (Noun) Sextodecimo.
- 18mo (Noun) A book size octodecimo-sized pages.
- 24mo (Noun) Vicesimo-quarto.
- 32mo (Noun) Abbreviation of thirty-twomo; a size of paper cut from standard uncut free sheets, corresponding to such a sheet folded into thirty-two leaves, yielding sixty-four pages when printed on both sides. Page size is dependent on the size of sheet used, with the largest standard size, Atlas (36" by 26") yielding a page size of 6-1/2" by 4-1/2".
- 32mo (Noun) A book with leaves of such size, about the size of a contemporary trade paperback.
- 48mo (Noun) forty-eightmo
- 4to (Noun) Abbreviation of quarto, a paper size.
- 4to (Noun) Abbreviation of quarto, a corresponding book size.
- 64mo (Noun) A size of paper or book: 1.87"-2.5" x 2.5"-3.125".
- 6mo (Noun) Sexto, sixmo.
- 6to (Noun) Sixmo, sexto.
- 8vo (Noun) Abbreviation of octavo., a page size (5"-6.25" x 7.5"-10").
- 8vo (Noun) A book size, corresponding to the page size.
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