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em - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'em' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Em [ n.]
- The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.

Meaning of 'em' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . em [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a quad with a square body
Example in sentence:
  • since `em quad' is hard to distinguish from `en quad', printers sometimes called it a `mutton quad'