em
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- noun
- /ɛm/
- Specialized
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- In typography, an em is commonly used to set the indentation of paragraphs.
Examples
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To create a balanced layout, he adjusted the margins to one em all around.
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The width of an em in design often determines the spacing between letters.
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Gentlemen, this is the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle.
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They claim that SMITH beat DB, EM, AR, MS.
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Hiya, Em.
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- Aye-aye, Auntie Em.
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(178) Em K says:
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Check out all four of these threads by Ron Lemen and EM Gist using the Reilly method, which relies on construction and working from life.
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He contributed to Sock It to 'Em Tigers: The Incredible Story of the 1968 Detroit Tigers, and Deadball Stars of the American League.
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Sometimes, between passings, we threw down our books to perform one of our songs: "Boil 'Em Cabbage Down," "Michael, Row the Boat A-Shore," "The Hammer Song," or "Study War No More."
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
A square metal block used in printing to make space equal to the size of the letters
Compounds
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Em comes from old printing practice and is named after the letter M, because printers used the width of the letter M as a basic measure; an em is therefore the space as wide as the letter 'M' at a given size. That's why designers and web developers use an em to set indentation and spacing today.