8vo

3 definitions found

8vo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  8vo \8vo\ n.
     1. the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet
        of paper three times to form eight leaves.
  
     Syn: octavo, eightvo
          [WordNet 1.5]

  eightvo \eightvo\ n.
     the size of a book (ca. 16 x 23 cm) whose pages are made by
     folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
     The pages have about half the area of a quarto. Symbolized
     as 8vo, and 8[deg].
  
     Syn: octavo, 8vo, 8[deg].
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

8vo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  8vo
      n 1: the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet
           of paper three times to form eight leaves [syn: octavo,
           eightvo, 8vo]