SEXTODECIMO

Etymology

Noun

sextodecimo (plural sextodecimos)

(paper, printing) A size of a sheet of paper resulting from folding and cutting a sheet of paper into sixteenths (3.25"-5" x 5"-6.25").

(printing) A book consisting of pages of that size.

Synonyms

• (paper size): 16mo, sixteenmo, 16º

• (book size): 16mo, sixteenmo, 16º, S

Anagrams

• decimosexto

Source: Wiktionary


Sex`to*dec"i*mo, a. Etym: [L. sextus-decimus the sixteenth; sextus the sixth (fr. sex six) + decimus the tenth, from decem ten. See - mo.]

Definition: 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.

Sex`to*dec"imo, n.; pl. Sextodecimos (.

Definition: 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 16º.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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