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duodecimo

noun

Meaning

  1. A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
  2. A sheet or page of that size.
  3. A book having pages of that size.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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