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- noun paper A paper size, (2.5"-3.1" x 2.5"-3.3"), one forty-eighth of a standard uncut flat sheet.
- noun printing A book size, (2.5"-3.1" x 2.5"-3.3"), corresponding to the paper size.
Etymologies
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From Latin ablatives of quadrāgēsimus ("fortieth") and octāvus ("eighth")
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reesetee commented on the word quadragesimo-octavo
A book composed of sheets folded into 48 leaves (96 pages), usually called 48mo. Measures about 4" high.
February 21, 2007