Meaning of Pica | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of phenolic impregnated carbon ablator.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
2. A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
   uncountable, usually
3. A size of type between small pica and English, now standardized as 12-point.
   uncountable
4. Archaic form of pika (“small lagomorph”).
   alt-of, archaic
5. Initialism of posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
6. A magpie.
   countable
7. A font of this size.
   uncountable, usually
8. A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially ³⁵⁄₈₃ cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now (computing) ¹⁄₆ in.
   countable
9. A pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.
   countable, uncommon, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The three most common nonfood picas were eating of strings and rags; feces, vomit, and urine; and paper, cigarettes, and soil.”

“I had been at Baldwin's before dinner in consequence of a letter from him which showed me that, by using a pica instead of an English letter in printing my book, I might comprise it within such a number of sheets as a guinea-volume should contain […].”

“Most travellers in the Himalaya are familiar with the pretty little Rodents, known as picas, tailless hares, or mouse-hares, which may be seen in the higher regions[…]”

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