Oc`todec"i*mo (?), a. [L. octodecim eighteen. See Octavo, Decimal, and -mo.]
Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
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Oc`to*dec"i*mo, n.; pl. Octodecimos ().
A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 18mo or 18°, and called eighteenmo.
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