duodecimo
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[edit] Etymology
Latin ablative of duodecimus (“‘twelfth’”) (from duodecim 'twelve', from duo 'two' + decem 'ten')
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duodecimo (plural duodecimos)
- (paper, printing) A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
- A sheet or page of that size
- (printing) A book having pages of that size
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| Latin | folio | quarto | sexto | octavo | duodecimo | sextodecimo | octodecimo | vincesimo-quarto | trigesimo-secundo | quadragesimo-octavo | sexagesimo-quarto |
| ALA | F | Q | O | D | S | T | Tt | Fe | Sf | ||
| ht. (cm) | > 30 | 25-30 | 25-30 | 20-25 | 17.5-20 | 15-17.5 | 12.5-15 | 12.5-15 | 10-12.5 | 7.5-10 | < 7.5 |
| printers' | folio | quarto | sixmo | octavo | twelvemo | sixteenmo | eighteenmo | twenty-fourmo | thirty-twomo | forty-eightmo | sixty-fourmo |
| abbrev. | fo or f | 4to | 6to or 6mo | 8vo | 12mo | 16mo | 18mo | 24mo | 32mo | 48mo | 64mo |
| abbrev. | 2° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 18° | 24° | 32° | 48° | 64° |
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[edit] Etymology
Latin ablative of duodecimus 'twelfth' (from duodecim 'twelve', from duo 'two' + decem 'ten')
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duodecimo (plural duodecimos) n.
- A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
- A page of that size; hence, a whole book having pages of that size
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duodecimo m (f duodecima, m plural duodecimi, f plural duodecime)
[edit] Latin
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duodecimo
The ablative of the ordinal duodecimus 'twelfth'
