English dictionary
sextodecimo
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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a <i>sextodecimo</i> volume.
Source: webster1913
noun
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A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16°.
Source: webster1913