"ems" in the noun sense
1. em, em quad, mutton quad
a quad with a square body
"since `em quad' is hard to distinguish from `en quad', printers sometimes called it a `mutton quad'"
2. em, pica em, pica
a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
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