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  • noun paper Abbreviation of duodecimo, a page size (5"-5.5" x 7.125"-7.5")
  • noun printing A book size using duodecimo-sized pages.

Etymologies

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12 + -mo, for a twelfth of a sheet.

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  • See duodecimo.

    February 25, 2008