rem

• Rhymes: -ɛm

Initialism.

rem (plural rems)

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

Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent in man.

rem (plural rems)

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

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

• sievert

• millirem

Shortening.

rem (plural rems)

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

• rem out

rem (plural rems)

1. (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.

Blend of root +‎ em.

rem (plural rems)

1. (web design) A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in a 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.

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

From Latin rēmus.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈrəm/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛm/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈrem/

rem m (plural rems)

1. oar
2. (uncountable, sports) rowing

• remar

• “rem” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /rɛm/, [ʁɑmˀ]

rem c (singular definite remmen, plural indefinite remme)

1. strap, thong
2. belt
3. strop

• strygerem

rem c

1. rem (A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of x-rays or gamma rays)

• IPA^(key): /rɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: rem

From remmen.

rem f (plural remmen, diminutive remmetje n)

1. brake

• handrem
• rempedaal
• schijfrem
• terugtraprem
• trommelrem
• velgrem
• voetrem

• Afrikaans: rem
• → West Frisian: rem

See the etymology of the main entry.

rem

1. first-person singular present indicative of remmen
2. imperative of remmen

From Latin rēmus.

rem m (plural rems)

1. oar

• remâ

From Dutch rem.

rem (plural rem-rem, first-person possessive remku, second-person possessive remmu, third-person possessive remnya)

1. brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

rem

1. accusative singular of rēs

Inherited from Old English hrēam, from Proto-Germanic *hraumaz.

• reme, ream, ræm, reæm

• IPA^(key): /rɛːm/

rem (plural remes)

1. (mainly Early ME) A shout or yell; a loud, aggressive, noise.
2. (Early Middle English) A moan; a call of sadness or sorrow.

• remen

• “rēm (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Inherited from Old English rēam.

rem

1. Alternative form of reme (“cream”)

Borrowed from Old French raime.

rem

1. Alternative form of reme (“ream”)

• IPA^(key): /rem/

rem m (plural rems)

1. (nautical) rowing, sculling

rem c

1. a strap
2. a belt

• generatorrem
• hängslerem
• kamrem
• kilrem
• livrem
• rembrott
• remdrift
• remdriven
• remlås
• remsa
• remskarv
• remskiva
• remspänne
• remtransportör
• remtyg

• rem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)