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Sextodecimo

Sexˊto-dec′i-mo

,
Adj.
[L.
sextus-decimus
the sixteenth;
sextus
the sixth (fr.
sex
six) +
decimus
the tenth, from
decem
ten. See
-mo
.]
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
sextodecimo
volume
.

Sexˊto-dec′imo

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Sextodecimos
.
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°.