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 Dictionary entry overview: What does en mean? 

• EN (noun)
  The noun EN has 1 sense:

1. half the width of an em

  Familiarity information: EN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Half the width of an em

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

en; nut

Hypernyms ("en" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

Holonyms ("en" is a part of...):

em; pica; pica em (a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing)

 Context examples 

’Ow Gawd must ’ave ’ated me w’en ’e signed me on for a voyage in this bloomin’ world of ’is!

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Proposed nomenclature divides parapsoriasis into two distinct subgroups, PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES and parapsoriasis en plaques (small- and large-plaque parapsoriasis).

(Parapsoriasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This is its last major crossing en route to becoming the first probe to make a close encounter with distant Pluto on July 14, 2015.

(NASA Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Crosses Neptune's Orbit, NASA)

The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative's (ADNI) version of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT Version A) modified from Rey A. L'examen clinique en psychologie [Clinical tests in psychology].

(Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

For isomers see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose.

(Glucose, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

For isomers see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fructose.

(Fructose, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

He knew Vevay well, and as soon as the boat touched the little quay, he hurried along the shore to La Tour, where the Carrols were living en pension.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

En avant, camarades! for we have a long road before us.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It’s a ’orse to a ’en in every sportin’ ’ouse and boozin’ ken from ’ere to Stepney.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

According to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, about 85% of an estimated 1,200 trafficked cheetah cubs have died within the past ten years, perishing en route.

(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)