Rem Definition

rĕm
rems
noun
A basic unit used to measure the amount of biological damage caused by various types of ionizing radiation, equal to the dose that produces the same amount of damage in human tissue as one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays (0.01 sievert)
Webster's New World
A unit for measuring absorbed doses of radiation, equivalent to one roentgen of x-rays or gamma rays.
American Heritage Medicine
The periodic, rapid, jerky movement of the eyeballs under closed lids during stages of sleep associated with intense dreaming.
Webster's New World

(computing) A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.

Wiktionary

Remaining time: In music, the time remaining in a track.

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Synonyms:
abbreviation

(knitting) Remaining.

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Other Word Forms of Rem

Noun

Singular:
rem
Plural:
rems

Origin of Rem

  • From the initial letters of rapid eye movement.

    From Wiktionary

  • Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent in man.

    From Wiktionary

  • r(oentgen) e(quivalent in) m(an)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Shortened from rare earth metal.

    From Wiktionary

  • r(apid) e(ye) m(ovement)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Shortened from remaining.

    From Wiktionary

  • Shortened from remark.

    From Wiktionary

  • Shortening.

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Rem Sentence Examples

  • In the sleep cycles there are two main stages, non-REM sleep and REM sleep.

  • If y is an infinity, rem returns x.

  • I prefer an alternative derivation from Latin " rem legere " meaning the " right thing " that one has to choose.

  • At the same time he has nothing to say against the Platonic theory of universalia ante rem (see Idealism).

  • The brilliant and enterprising Christian Thomasius brought out periodically, in dialogue form, his Monatsgesprdche (1688-1690), written by himself in the vernacular, to defend his novel theories against the alarmed pedantry of Germany, and, together with Strahl, Buddeus and others, Observationes selectae ad rem litterariam spectantes (1700), written in Latin.

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Words Starting With

RREREM

Words Ending With

MEMREM

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rem

Words Starting With R and Ending With M

Starts With R & Ends With MStarts With RE & Ends With MStarts With R & Ends With EM

Word Length

3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With R3 Letter Words Ending With M