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REM¹

Where it comes from

From the initial letters of rapid eye movement.

noun REMs · R.E.M. · R. E. M. · rem

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of rapid eye movement 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.

REM²

Where it comes from

Clippings

* (remaining time): Clipping of remaining.

* (remark): Clipping of remark.

noun rem · rem.

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of remaining time

noun REMs · rem · rem.

  1. A remark (programming language statement used for documentation). 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.

REM³

Where it comes from

Abbreviation

noun REMs · R.E.M. · R. E. M.

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of rare earth metal
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of reactive electrochemical membrane
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Reference Exit Marker

rem⁴

Rhymes with -ɛm

Where it comes from

Initialism.

noun rems

  1. abbreviation, capitalized, initialism, often Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.

rem⁵

Rhymes with -ɛm

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent in man.

noun rems

  1. 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.

rem⁶

Rhymes with -ɛm

Where it comes from

Shortening of remark.

noun rems

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

rem⁷

Rhymes with -ɛm

Where it comes from

Shortening of remaining.

adjective

  1. not comparable Remaining. 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.

rem⁸

Rhymes with -ɛm

Where it comes from

Blend of root + em.

noun rems

  1. A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in an HTML document. 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.

Rem⁹

Where it comes from

From Egyptian rmj (“to weep”).

proper noun Remi

  1. Egyptian An Egyptian fish god who fertilized the land with his tears.

Rem10

Where it comes from

Shortening.

noun Rems

  1. colloquial A Remington firearm. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nrem, slow, gre, obstacle, emr, rim, genuine, actual, real-life, real-world, real, block, mer, reem, royal, curb

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@misc{rem_2026,
  title = {rem},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rem},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}