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noun
A size of a sheet of paper resulting from folding and cutting a sheet of paper into sixteenths (3.25"–5" x 5"–6.25").
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: paper
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
A book consisting of pages of that size.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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History
From Latin ablative of sextusdecimus (“sixteenth”).
Across languages
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