• (a.) Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size. • (n.) A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16
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Dec`i·mo·sex'to noun [ Prop., in sixteenth; from Latin
decimus tenth +
sextus sixth.] A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; - - usually written 16mo or 16°.
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