What does EM mean?

Definitions for EM
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. em, em quad, mutton quadnoun

    a quad with a square body

    "since `em quad' is hard to distinguish from `en quad', printers sometimes called it a `mutton quad'"

  2. em, pica em, picanoun

    a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing

Wiktionary

  1. empronoun

    them .

  2. empronoun

    Them (typically after a preposition, or otherwise with accusative or dative force; now only in unstressed position).

  3. Emnoun

    A diminutive of the female given names Emily and Emma.

  4. Etymology: The typographic em is named after the metal type for the capital M in early printing, whose body was square (the printed letter M is almost never one em in width).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. em

    A contraction of them.

    For he could coin and counterfeit
    New words with little or no wit;
    And when with hasty noise he spoke ’em,
    The ignorant for current took ’em. Hudibras.

ChatGPT

  1. em

    EM stands for electromagnetic. In general, electromagnetic refers to the interaction between electrically charged particles, such as electrons, and the electromagnetic field in which they exist. This includes the phenomena of electricity, magnetism, and light. The electromagnetic spectrum encompasses a wide range of frequencies and wavelengths, including radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays. Electromagnetic waves can propagate through a vacuum or various materials and play a crucial role in numerous applications, from telecommunications and electronics to medicine and energy transmission.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Emnoun

    the portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type

Wikidata

  1. Em

    An em is a unit of measurement in the field of typography, equal to the currently specified point size. The name of em is related to M. Originally the unit was derived from the width of the capital "M" in the given typeface. This unit is the same for all fonts at a given point size. One em in a 16 point typeface is 16 points. Typographic measurements using this unit are frequently expressed in decimal notation, e.g., 0.7 em, or as fractions of 100 or 1000, e.g. 70/100 em or 700/1000 em.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Em

    em, n. the name of the letter M: (print.) the unit of measurement in estimating how much is printed on a page.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. EM

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Em is ranked #27303 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Em surname appeared 885 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Em.

    87.3% or 773 total occurrences were Asian.
    8.7% or 77 total occurrences were White.
    2.4% or 22 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.1% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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  1. me

  2. ME

  3. Me.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of EM in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of EM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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