forty-eightmo

noun

ˌfȯ(r)tēˈāt(ˌ)mō

plural -s

: the size of a piece of paper cut 48 from a sheet

also : paper or a page of this size

—abbreviation 48mo

—symbol 48°

Word History

Etymology

forty-eight + -mo

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