pica

pica1
[ˈpʌɪkə]
noun
  1. (Printing)a unit of type size and line length equal to 12 points (about 16 inch or 4.2 mm)
    (印刷)12点活字（西文）印刷长度
    ■[mass noun]a size of letter in typewriting, with 10 characters to the inch (about 3.9 to the centimetre)
    相当于12点活字的西文打字机字型
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from Anglo-Latin pica (literally magpie'), commonly identified with a 15th-cent. book of rules about Church feasts, but no edition of such a pica printed in ‘pica’ type is known
pica2
[ˈpʌɪkə]
noun
  1. [mass noun](Medicine)a tendency or craving to eat substances other than normal food (such as clay, plaster, or ashes), occurring during childhood or pregnancy, or as a symptom of disease
    (医)异食癖，食欲倒错
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin, literally magpie', probably translating Greek kissa 'magpie', also 'false appetite'
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