for|ty-eight|mo

for|ty-eight|mo
for|ty-eight|mo «FR tee AYT moh», noun, plural -mos, adjective.
–n.
1. a size of a book, or of its pages, made by folding a sheet of paper forty-eight times to form leaves about 2½ × 4 inches. Abbr: 48mo or 48°.
2. a book having pages of this size.
–adj.
of this size; having pages of this size.
[< forty-eight + -mo, as in decimo]

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