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thirtytwomo|-ˈtuːməʊ|
[English reading of the symbol 32mo or xxxiimo, for L. (in) tricesimo secundo: cf. twelvemo, sixteenmo.]
The size of a book, or of a leaf of a book, formed of sheets each folded five times, making thirty-two leaves; hence, a book of this size. Also thirty-twos. So thirtyˈsixmo (thirty-sixes).
1771Luckombe Hist. Print. 403 Sixteens, Twenty-fours, Thirty-two's, are but the Octavo's and Twelves doubled, or twice doubled and Imposed in Half Sheets. Ibid. 424 A half sheet of thirty-six's without cutting. 1787Smith's Printer's Gram. 210 A Sheet of Thirty-twos, with Four Signatures. 1841Savage Dict. Printing 796 A sheet of paper folded into thirty-six leaves, seventy-two pages, is termed thirty-sixmo.., a sheet of paper folded into thirty-two leaves, sixty-four pages, is termed thirty-twomo. |