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TWELVEMO Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
twelve·mo ˈtwelv-(ˌ)mō plural twelvemos. : the size of a piece of paper cut 12 from a sheet . also : a book, a page, or paper of this size. www.merriam-webster.com
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twelvemo - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · (paper) duodecimo, or 12mo, a paper size, so called because it is cut 12 to a (huge, originally made) sheet · (printing) a page, book etc. of that size ... en.wiktionary.org
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TWELVEMO Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Twelvemo definition: duodecimo.. See examples of TWELVEMO used in a sentence. www.dictionary.com
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twelvemo
twelvemo (ˈtwɛlvməʊ) English reading of the abbreviation 12mo or xiimo for duodecimo. Also attrib.1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 56 We stew them down for twelvemo use. 1835 J. Hannett Bibliopegia i. 12 The twelvemo also presents us with the eighteens, after the sheet is cut into three divisi... Oxford English Dictionary
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TWELVEMO definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Bookbinding → another word for duodecimo.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video. www.collinsdictionary.com
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Duodecimo - Biblio.com Glossary of Book Collecting Terminology
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also called a twelvemo. www.biblio.com
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eighteenmo
eighˈteenmo [English reading of the symbol 18mo for octodecimo; cf. twelvemo, sixteenmo.] Used colloq. in the book trades for octodecimo.1858 in Simmonds Dict. Trade. Oxford English Dictionary
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twelvemo, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun twelvemo is in the 1810s. OED's earliest evidence for twelvemo is from 1819, in the writing of 'Robert Rabelais'. www.oed.com
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Etherington & Roberts. Dictionary--twelvemo
twelvemo. A sheet folded to form 12 leaves or 24 pages. Although two parallel folds followed by two right angle folds will produce this gathering, the more ... cool.culturalheritage.org
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Too many 12mos - by Sarah Werner - Early Printed Fun
I'm going to let you in on a secret: I find 12mos confusing. Duodecimos, to give the format its formal Latin name, have to be cut and folded in order to work. sarahwerner.substack.com
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twelvemo | Rabbitique - The Multilingual Etymology Dictionary
(paper) duodecimo, or 12mo, a paper size, so called because it is cut 12 to a (huge, originally made) sheet · (printing) a page, book etc. of that size ... www.rabbitique.com
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twelvemo - American Heritage Dictionary Entry
twelve·mo (twĕlv mō′). Share: n. pl. twelve·mos. See duodecimo. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by ... www.ahdictionary.com
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sixteenmo
sixˈteenmo [English reading of the symbol 16mo; cf. twelvemo, eighteenmo.] = sexto-decimo.1847 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 Feb. 87/2 Duodecimo, post⁓octavo, eighteenmo, sixteenmo, and a hundred other vos and mos. 1903 Publishers' Circular 28 Mar. 353/2 In folio, octavo, and duodecimo the water-lines are vert... Oxford English Dictionary
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Augusta Jane Evans Wilson
Twelvemo"; but all this could not affect the popularity of the book. wikipedia.org
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thirtytwomo
thirtytwomo (-ˈtuːməʊ) [English reading of the symbol 32mo or xxxiimo, for L. (in) tricesimo secundo: cf. twelvemo, sixteenmo.] The size of a book, or of a leaf of a book, formed of sheets each folded five times, making thirty-two leaves; hence, a book of this size. Also thirty-twos. So thirtyˈsixmo... Oxford English Dictionary
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