sixteenmo

sixteenmo
/siks"teen"moh/, n., pl. sixteenmos, adj.
n.
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°
adj.
3. printed, folded, or bound in sixteenmo; sextodecimo.
[1840-50; SIXTEEN + -MO]

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  • sixteenmo — noun (plural mos) Date: 1847 the size of a piece of paper cut 16 from a sheet; also a book, a page, or paper of this size …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sixteenmo — noun sextodecimo (as a paper size in printing) …   Wiktionary

  • sixteenmo — noun (plural sixteenmos) another term for sextodecimo …   English new terms dictionary

  • sixteenmo — six·teen·mo …   English syllables

  • sixteenmo — six•teen•mo [[t]ˈsɪksˈtin moʊ[/t]] n. pl. mos 1) pri Also called sextodecimo a book size (about 4x6 in.; 10x15 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 16 leaves or 32 pages. 2) pri a book of this size. Symbol: 16mo, 16° • Etymology:… …   From formal English to slang

  • sixteenmo — /sɪksˈtinmoʊ/ (say siks teenmoh) noun (plural sixteenmos) 1. → sextodecimo (def. 1). –adjective 2. → sextodecimo (def. 2) …  

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  • Sixteenmos — Sixteenmo Six*teen mo, n.; pl. {Sixteenmos}. See {Sextodecimo}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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