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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Half the width of an em

Synonyms:

en; nut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("en" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

Holonyms ("en" is a part of...):

em; pica; pica em (a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing)

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 Context examples: 

Scientists use combinatorial chemistry to create large populations of molecules, or libraries, that can be screened efficiently en masse.

(Combinatorial Synthesis, NCI Thesaurus)

I was not fond of pampering that susceptible vanity of his; but for once, and from motives of expediency, I would e'en soothe and stimulate it.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A New Zealand rabbit with a red or agouti coat and coat genotype w, VV, en, e.

(New Zealand Red Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

“Eh? Wot I say? I spik true w’en I say dat Buck two devils.”

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Your health care provider can perform the test, or call the national referral hotline at 1-800-CDC-INFO (24 hours a day, 1-800-232-4636 in English and en español; 1-888-232-6348 - TTY).

(HIV/AIDS, NIH)

And so it happened that an hour or so later I found myself in the corner of a first-class carriage flying along en route for Exeter, while Sherlock Holmes, with his sharp, eager face framed in his ear-flapped travelling-cap, dipped rapidly into the bundle of fresh papers which he had procured at Paddington.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

3-beta-Hydroxy-11-oxoolean-12-en-30-oic acid.

(Enoxolone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

In he walked, the first and the handsomest; and after paying his compliments en passant to Miss Bates and her niece, made his way directly to the opposite side of the circle, where sat Miss Woodhouse; and till he could find a seat by her, would not sit at all.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

An area, as large perhaps as Sussex, has been lifted up en bloc with all its living contents, and cut off by perpendicular precipices of a hardness which defies erosion from all the rest of the continent.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A New Zealand rabbit with a red or agouti coat and coat genotype w, VV, en, e. The New Zealand Red is commonly utilized in biomedical research, in a variety of studies including developmental toxicity studies, toxicology studies, asthma research, and antibody production.

(New Zealand Red Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)