rem
(noun) (roentgen equivalent man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Initialism.
rem (plural rems)
(often, capitalized) Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.
rem (plural rems)
A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays
• Continued use of the rem is "strongly discouraged" by the style guide of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Shortening of remark.
rem (plural rems)
(computing) A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.
Shortening of remaining.
rem (not comparable)
(knitting) remaining
rem (plural rems)
(web design) A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in a HTML document.
• -mer, EMR, ERM, MER, MRE, erm, mer, mer-, Ď€-mer
Shortening.
Rem (plural Rems)
(colloquial) A Remington firearm.
• -mer, EMR, ERM, MER, MRE, erm, mer, mer-, Ď€-mer
REM (plural REMs)
rapid eye movement
REM (uncountable)
remaining time: In music, the time remaining in a track.
REM (plural REMs)
(computing) A programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.
REM (uncountable)
(chemistry) rare earth metal(s).
• -mer, EMR, ERM, MER, MRE, erm, mer, mer-, Ď€-mer
Source: Wiktionary
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
