en1
/ɛn
/noun Printing
A unit of measurement equal to half an em and approximately the average width of typeset characters, used especially for estimating the total amount of space a text will require.
Origin
Late 18th century: the letter N represented as a word, since it is approximately this width.
Rhymes
en-2
/ɪn/ /ɛn/(also em-)
prefix
Within; inside: empathy energy enthusiasm
Origin
From Greek.
- disorganisation
- disorganise
- disorganised
- disorganization
- disorganize
- disorganized
- disorient
- disorientate
- disorientation
- disown
- disowner
- disownment
- disparage
- disparagement
- disparager
- disparaging
- disparagingly
- disparate
- disparately
- disparateness
- disparity
- dispassion
- dispassionate
- dispassionately
- dispassionateness