rem meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

rem

nounalso spelled REM, Rem

Etymology Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent in man.

A non-SI unit of measure for radiation dose, measured as equivalent dose, effective dose, or committed dose, from one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays.

Derived terms: microrem, millirem

rem

adj

Etymology Shortening of remaining.

Business, Knitting, Manufacturing, Textiles Remaining.

Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71:

REM

noun

Etymology Clippings * (remaining time): Clipping of remaining. * (remark): Clipping of remark.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A remark (programming language statement used for documentation).

I think it should be upgraded to Visual BASIC, but I'm no good at that. So maybe someone here would like to take a crack at it. There are only 40 lines of active code, plus a few REMs. About 100 BASIC commands altogether.2006 December 24, David Williams, “satellite program”, in comp.lang.basic.visual.misc (Usenet):

Rem

noun

Etymology Shortening.

Colloquial A Remington firearm.

Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra.1997 December 23, Marcus [username], “Re: New Pre '64 or 700 action?”, in rec.guns (Usenet):

rem

noun

Etymology Shortening of remark.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.

Derived terms: rem out

rem

noun

Etymology Blend of root + em.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Web design A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in an HTML document.

Like the em unit, the rem 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.2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle edition, O'Reilly Media, page 126:

Related terms: ad rem, in rem

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