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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See octavo.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the size of a book (ca. 16 x 23 cm) whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves. The pages have about half the area of a
quarto . Symbolized as8vo , and8° .
WordNet 3.0
- n. the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
Etymologies
- From 8vo, abbr. of octavo. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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