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rem en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Initialism.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, capitalized, initialism, often) Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.
   alt of rapid eye movement

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rem en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent in man.

Meanings

1. A non-SI unit of measure for radiation dose, measured as equivalent dose, effective dose, or committed dose, from one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays.

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Deriveds

microrem · millirem

wikidata: Q260126

rem en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

Shortening of remark.

Meanings

1. A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.

Forms

Deriveds

rem out

rem en · ADJ · etymology 4

Etymology

Shortening of remaining.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Remaining.
   • Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem. 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71:

rem en · NOUN · etymology 5

Etymology

Blend of root + em.

Meanings

1. A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in an HTML document.
   • Like the em unit, the rem unit is based on declared font size. The difference—and it’s a doozy—is that whereas em is calculated using the font size of the element to which it’s applied, rem is always calculated using the root element. 2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle edition, O'Reilly Media, page 126:

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Relateds

ad rem (etymologically unrelated) · in rem (etymologically unrelated)