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32mo en · NOUN

Etymology

From 32 + -mo.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, qualifier:paper, uncountable, usually) Abbreviation of thirty-twomo; a size of paper cut from standard uncut free sheets, corresponding to such a sheet folded into thirty-two leaves, yielding sixty-four pages when printed on both sides. Page size is dependent on the size of sheet used, with the largest standard size, Atlas (36" by 26") yielding a page size of 6-1/2" by 4-1/2".
   alt of thirty-twomo
2. (uncountable, usually) A book with leaves of such size, about the size of a contemporary trade paperback.

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Synonyms

thirty-twomo (page size) · Tt (book size) · 32º (book size) · trigesimo-secundo (book size) · thirty-twomo (book size) · 32º (page size) · trigesimo-secundo (page size)