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Definition of Duodecimo
1. a. Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book, leaf, size, etc.
2. n. A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into twelve leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 12mo or 12°.
Definition of Duodecimo
1. Noun. (context: paper printing) A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide. ¹
2. Noun. A sheet or page of that size ¹
3. Noun. (printing) A book having pages of that size ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Duodecimo
1. [n -MOS]
Medical Definition of Duodecimo
1. Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book, leaf, size, etc. Origin: L. In duodecimo in twelfth, fr. Duodecimus twelfth, fr. Duodecim twelve. See Dozen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Duodecimo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain by Samuel Halkett, John Laing (1885)
"duodecimo. Pp. 179.* [Bodl.] At the end, there are several minor poems by the same
... duodecimo.* OPERA mineralia explicata : or, the mineral kingdom, ..."
2. A Critical Review of the Orthography of Dr. Webster's Series of Books for by Lyman Cobb (1831)
"Tlie contradictions in die orthography of the class of words which end hi ( or
U, pointed out on page 11, remain the same in the duodecimo, except that he ..."
3. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"duodecimo, containing sixty- it vea Pages I printed at. London, in 1699.
THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER. "his piece, which I present to you, as appears from ..."
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