En vs. Masse

Ennoun

English

Ennoun

(typography) A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).

Enpreposition

Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).

Ennoun

Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.

Ennoun

half the width of an em

Ennoun

a unit of measurement equal to half an em and approximately the average width of typeset characters, used especially for estimating the total amount of space a text will require.

Massenoun

a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball