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n. A unit of measurement equal to half of an em (half of the height of the type in use).

n. Printing A space equal to half the width of an em.

preposition. Used in various phrases borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).

abbreviation. English

n. The name of the Latin script letter N/n.

n. A unit of measurement equal to half of an em (half of the height of the type in use).

n. Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See em.

n. The name of the letter N, n. It is rarely written, the symbol N, n, being used instead.

n. In printing, a space half as wide as an em, sometimes used as a standard in reckoning the amount of a compositor's work. See em, 2.

n. A common adverbial or prepositional prefix, representing Latin in-, meaning primarily ‘in’ or ‘into.’

n. An adverbial or prepositional prefix of Greek origin, meaning primarily ‘in’: chiefly in scientific or technical words of modern formation, as in encephalon, enanthema, etc.

n. A termination of various origin, used in the formation of verbs.

n. A suffix forming adjectives from nouns of material, as ashen, ashen, earthen, oaken, wooden, golden, sometimes simply -n, as cedarn, eldern, silvern, etc.

n. A feminine suffix, of which only a few relics exist in native English words, as, for example, vixen, from Anglo-Saxon fyxen (= German füchsin), a female fox: in some instances regarded as having a diminutive force, as in maiden, from Anglo-Saxon mægden, etc. See vixen, maiden, and compare elfin.

n. The plural suffix of a few nouns, as oxen, brethren, children, and (archaic and poetical) eyne or een (= eyen), kine (= kyen), shoon, dial. hosen, housen, peasen, etc.

n. A suffix of various other origins besides those mentioned above: often ultimately identical with -an (Latin -anus), as in citizen, denizen, dozen, etc., but having also, as in often, midden, etc., other sources ascertainable upon reference to the word concerned.

n. Abbreviations of encyclopedia.

n. half the width of an em

"Antonio de Almaraz bedel puso en la posesion del dicho salario al dicho padre mº. fray Luis de Leon en la catedra questá en el general mayor de theologia de escuelas mayores, el qual la tomó é apprehendió sin contradicion ninguna, y _en lugar de posesion leyó un poco_."

linear unit    linear measure   

em   

en dash    en space    en quad   

Adrienne    Amen    Ben    Cayenne    Chen    Cheyenne    Den    Gen    Glen    Glenn   

capilla    Cesar    y    ANSI