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duodecimo

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du·o·dec·i·mo  (d-ds-m, dy-)
n. pl. du·o·dec·i·mos In both senses also called twelvemo.
1. The size (5 by 7 3/4 inches) of book pages formed by folding single sheets from a printing press into 12 leaves each.
2. A book composed of pages of this size.
[Latin (in) duodecim, (in) a twelfth, ablative of duodecimus, twelfth; see duodecimal.]


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