En Word Meaning

Etymology:

late 18th century: the letter N represented as a word, since it is approximately this width

Audio Pronunciation:

Definition:

a unit of measurement equal to half an em and approximately the average width of typeset characters, used especially for estimating the total amount of space a text will require

Short Definition:

unit of measurement equal to half em and approximately average width of typeset characters

Examples:

• we always place an en between the last two items of a list