• Rhymes:-ɛm

Initialism.

rem (pluralrems)

1. (oftencapitalized)Initialism ofrapid eye movement, asleep state.

Abbreviation ofRoentgen equivalent in man.

rem (pluralrems)

1. Adose ofabsorbedradiationequivalent to oneroentgen ofX-rays orgamma rays.

• Continued use of therem is "strongly discouraged" by the style guide of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.

• millirem

• sievert

Shortening ofremark.

rem (pluralrems)

1. (computing) Aremark; aprogramming languagestatement used fordocumentation (inBASIC for example); also used inDOSbatchfiles.

• rem out

Shortening ofremaining.

rem (notcomparable)

1. (knitting)Remaining.
   • 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller,Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page71:

     Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 stsrem.

Blend ofroot +‎em.

rem (pluralrems)

1. (web design) Aunit relative to the declaredfont size of theroot element in anHTML document.
   • 2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl,CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle edition, O'Reilly Media, page126:

     Like the em unit, therem 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

• rëm —Tosk,ram —archaic,dialectal

Borrowed fromVulgar Latin*aeramem m, whence alsoItalianrame, fromLatinaeramen n. The variantram reflects the variantVulgar Latin*aeramum m, whence alsoSicilianramu,Venetanramo, while Toskrëm can reflect either forms.

• IPA^(key):/ˈɾɛm/

rem m (definiteremi)

1. copper

   Synonym:bakër

• Meyer,G. (1891) “2) ram”, inEtymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner,→DOI,page361
• Çabej,E. (1986)Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume II, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages74–75
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rem”, inAlbanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill,→ISBN, pages367–368

• “rem”, inFGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian),2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1],1980

Inherited fromLatinrēmus.

• IPA^(key):(Central)[ˈrɛm]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[ˈrəm]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈrem]

rem m (pluralrems)

1. oar
2. (uncountable,sports)rowing

• remar

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

FromOld Norsereim.

IPA^(key):[ˈʁamˀ],[ˈʁɑmˀ]

• Homophone:ram

rem c (singular definiteremmen,plural indefiniteremme)

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:

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• Hyphenation:rem

Deverbal fromremmen.

rem f (pluralremmen,diminutiveremmetje n)

1. brake

• Afrikaans:rem
• → Caribbean Hindustani:rem
• → Caribbean Javanese:rèm
• → Indonesian:rem
• → West Frisian:rem

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

rem

1. inflection ofremmen:
   1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
   3. imperative

FromLatinrēmus.

rem m (pluralrems)

1. oar

• remâ

FromDutchrem(“brake”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈrɛm/
• Hyphenation:rèm

rèm (pluralrem-rem)

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

   Synonym:brek(Standard Malay)

2. (figurative)hindrance,obstacle

   Synonyms:penghambat,penghalang,pengekang

• “rem” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈrem/,[ˈrɛ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈrem/,[ˈrɛm]

rem f

1. accusativesingular ofrēs

Inherited fromOld Englishhrēam, fromProto-West Germanic*hraum, fromProto-Germanic*hraumaz.

• ræm,ream,reæm,reme

• IPA^(key):/rɛːm/
• Rhymes:-ɛːm

rem (pluralremes)

1. (mainly Early ME) Ashout oryell; a loud, aggressive, noise.
2. (Early Middle English) Amoan; a call of sadness or sorrow.

• remen

• “rēm,n.(1).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved2018-07-26.

rem

1. Alternative form ofreme(“cream”)

rem

1. Alternative form ofreme(“ream”)

• IPA^(key):/rem/

• Audio(Languedoc):

  (file)

rem m (pluralrems)

1. (nautical)rowing,sculling

FromLatinrēmus.

• IPA^(key):/rɛm/

rem m

1. oar

• remé

FromOld Norsereim.

rem c

1. astrap
2. abelt

• rem inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• rem inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rem inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• mer