em
a quad with a square body
How often you will meet it
Rank 713 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 26,497 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a quad with a square body also: em quad, mutton quad since `em quad' is hard to distinguish from `en quad', printers sometimes called it a `mutton quad'
- a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing also: pica em, pica
em in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It was natural that Aunt Em should remind one of Uncle Em.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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If you're going to have ructions, why, have 'em, but not on drive.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1
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Bill looked at 'em, and 'is face got as long as a yard measure.
Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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Magnanimous in humor; when the splintering shot fell, “Tooth-picks a-plenty, lads; thank ’em with a shell!”
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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They felt mazed to see him among 'em, so cheerful and full of talk as if he'd been away for a holiday.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1