Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rem

/ɹˈɛm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: rem
IPA: /ɹˈɛm/

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of rapid eye movement.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of remaining time.

Uncountable

noun

A remark (programming language statement used for documentation).

noun

Initialism of rare earth metal.

noun

Abbreviation of reactive electrochemical membrane.

noun

Initialism of Reference Exit Marker.

noun

Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"Similarly, the brain-penetrating Hrh2 antagonist zolantidine had no effect on light-induced phase shift as shown for hamsters, or the lengths or distributions of NREM, REM and wakefulness states as shown on rats."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

From the initial letters of rapid eye movement.

Origin

Source language: Egyptian

Word Breakdown

Root: rmj

Usage

Inflected Forms

REMs (plural) R.E.M. (alternative) R. E. M. (alternative) rem. (alternative) Remi (alternative)

Derived Forms

microrem millirem

Phrases

REM sleep rem out ad rem in rem

Frequently Paired Words

ad rem in rem

Synonyms

paradoxical sleep rapid eye movement sleep rem sleep rapid eye movement

Homonyms

rehm rhem

Rhymes With

them pm em stem gm fm gem atm condemn rpm chem prem

Questions

How do you pronounce rem?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɛm/.
What does rem mean?: Initialism of rapid eye movement.
Where does rem come from?: It is traced to Egyptian.

How to pronounce rem

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