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duodecimo

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(-mō′)

noun pl. duodecimos

a page size (about 5 by 7 in), of a printer's sheet
a book with pages of this size

Origin: short for L in duodecimo, in twelve: see duodecimal

adjective

with pages of this size

See duodecimo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. du·o·dec·i·mos In both senses also called twelvemo.

The size (5 by 7 ³/₄ inches) of book pages formed by folding single sheets from a printing press into 12 leaves each.
A book composed of pages of this size.

Origin:

Origin: Latin (in) duodecimō, (in) a twelfth

Origin: , ablative of duodecimus, twelfth; see duodecimal

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