em
pronunciation
How to pronounce em in British English:
UK [em]
How to pronounce em in American English:
US [ɛm]
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- Noun:
- the square of a body of any size of type
- a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
Word Origin
- em (n.)
- name of the letter M, c. 1200, from Latin; the Greek name was mu. In printing, originally the square corresponding in dimensions to the capital M of that type.
Example
- 1. ( The reviewer described it as " auntie em 's kitchen on steroids . " )
- 2. The lull in protests in egypt and brazil seem to be giving em investors a false sense of security .
- 3. Spreads on em bonds over treasuries held broadly steady .
- 4. Em and nml are still hopeful of exploiting this tension .
- 5. In 2005 the specially appointed thirty-member technological advisory council to the fcc sought to look into em effects on human beings .