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rem Definition

rem (rem)

noun pl. rem

a basic unit used to measure the amount of biological damage caused by various types of ionizing radiation, equal to the dose that produces the same amount of damage in human tissue as one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays (0.01 sievert)

Etymology: r(oentgen) e(quivalent), m(an)

REM Definition

REM (rem)

noun pl. REMs

Psychol. the periodic, rapid, jerky movement of the eyeballs under closed lids during stages of sleep associated with dreaming

Etymology: r(apid) e(ye) m(ovement)

rem Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • sleep: In the sleep cycles there are two main stages, non-REM sleep and REM sleep.
  • claim: Guarantor's in rem claims against Commodore's vessels were premised on a credit agreement between Commodore and Guarantor.
  • legere: I prefer an alternative derivation from Latin " rem legere " meaning the " right thing " that one has to choose.
  • return: If y is an infinity, rem returns x.
  • period: REM periods were found to be relatively long at this time.

Noun used with modifier

  • ad: It is nihil ad rem that he never carried out the experiments themselves or faked the results.
  • ante: Platonism ( also called transcendent realism and ante rem realism ): This is the view described in section 1.

Browse dictionary entries near rem

  1. ‹ rely on or upon
  2. ‹ rely
  3. ‹ relume
  4. ‹ reluctivity
  5. ‹ reluctantly
  6. ‹ reluctant
  7. ‹ reluctance
  8. ‹ reluct
  9. ‹ relucent
  10. ‹ relocate
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