Definitions for PICAˈpaɪ kə

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pi•caˈpaɪ kə(n.)(pl.)-cas.

a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
Category: Printing
the depth of this type size as a unit of linear measurement for type, pages containing type, etc.; one sixth of an inch.
Category: Printing
a 12-point type, widely used for typewriters, having 10 characters to the inch.
Category: Printing
Ref: Compare elite (def. 4) 4

Origin of pica:

1580–90; appar. < ML pīca collection of church rules, lit., pie2 , on the model of other type sizes, as brevier and canon, orig. used in printing liturgical books

pi•caˈpaɪ kə(n.)

an abnormal appetite or craving for substances that are not fit to eat, as chalk or clay.
Category: Pathology

Origin of pica:

1555–65; < NL, figurative use of L pīca jay, magpie , with ref. to its omnivorous feeding

Princeton's WordNet

pica(noun)
an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently
em, pica em, pica(noun)
a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
Pica, genus Pica(noun)
magpies

Webster Dictionary

Pica(noun)
the genus that includes the magpies
Pica(noun)
a vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia
Pica(noun)
a service-book. See Pie
Pica(noun)
a size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English