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sextodecimo - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'sextodecimo' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sextodecimo [ a.]
- Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.
2 . Sextodecimo [ n.]
- A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16¡.

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