SEXTODECIMO
\sˌɛkstə͡ʊdsˈɪmə͡ʊ], \sˌɛkstəʊdsˈɪməʊ], \s_ˌɛ_k_s_t_əʊ_d_s_ˈɪ_m_əʊ]\
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Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.
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A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; - usually written 16mo, or 16¡.
By Oddity Software
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Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.
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A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; - usually written 16mo, or 16¡.
By Noah Webster.
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(abbr. 16mo usu. read sixteenmo). Sheet of paper folded in 16 leaves; this way of folding (in s.); book made by folding thus. [Latin]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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n. [Latin] Formed of sheets folded so as to make sixteen leaves; of or equal to the size of sheets so folded.
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n. A book composed of sheets folded so as to make sixteen leaves or thirty- two pages; - the size of a book thus composed - 16mo., 16°.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).