rem

See also: Rem, REM, R.E.M., rém, rëm, and Rém

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛm

Etymology 1

Initialism.

Noun

rem (plural rems)

(often capitalized) Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent in man.

Noun

rem (plural rems)

A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays.

Usage notes

Continued use of the rem is "strongly discouraged" by the style guide of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Derived terms

millirem

Etymology 3

Shortening of remark.

Noun

rem (plural rems)

(computing) A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.

Derived terms

rem out

Etymology 4

Shortening of remaining.

Adjective

rem (not comparable)

(knitting) Remaining.
- 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71:
  Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.

Etymology 5

Blend of root +‎ em.

Noun

rem (plural rems)

(web design) A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in an HTML document.
- 2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle edition, O'Reilly Media, page 126:
  Like the em unit, the rem unit is based on declared font size. The difference—and it’s a doozy—is that whereas em is calculated using the font size of the element to which it’s applied, rem is always calculated using the root element.

Anagrams

-mer, EMR, ERM, MER, MRE, erm, mer, mer-, π-mer

Albanian

Alternative forms

rëm — Tosk, ram — archaic, dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *aeramem m, whence also Italian rame, from Latin aeramen n. The variant ram reflects the variant Vulgar Latin *aeramum m, whence also Sicilian ramu, Venetian ramo, while Tosk rëm can reflect either forms.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɾɛm/

Noun

rem m (definite remi)

copper
Synonym: bakër

Declension

Declension of rem

	indefinite	definite
nominative	rem	remi
accusative	rem	remin
dat./abl.	remi	remit

Derived terms

References

Meyer, G. (1891) “2) ram”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 361
Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 74–75
Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rem”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 367–368