rem
rem is the initialism of rapid eye movement.
Meaning of rapid eye movement
Noun
rapid eye movement (countable and uncountable, plural rapid eye movements)
- Fast movement of the eyes, characterising REM sleep
Noun (1)
rem (plural rems)
- 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.
Noun (2)
rem (plural rems)
- A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.
Adjective
rem (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.2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71
Noun (3)
rem (plural rems)
- 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.2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle edition, O'Reilly Media, page 126
Noun (4) capitalized: REM
REM (countable and uncountable, plural REMs)
- 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.2015 December 11, “On the Role of Histamine Receptors in the Regulation of Circadian Rhythms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Noun (5) capitalized: REM
REM (uncountable)
Noun (6) capitalized: REM
REM (plural REMs)
- 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.2006 December 24, David Williams, “satellite program”, in comp.lang.basic.visual.misc (Usenet)
Noun (7) capitalized: REM
REM (plural REMs)
- Initialism of rare earth metal.
- Abbreviation of reactive electrochemical membrane.
- Initialism of Reference Exit Marker.
Proper noun capitalized: Rem
Rem
Noun (8) capitalized: Rem
Rem (plural Rems)
Forms of rem
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rems |
| plural | REMs |
| alternative form | R.E.M. |
| alternative form | R. E. M. |
| alternative form | rem |
| alternative form | rem. |
| plural | Rems |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Remi |
Origin of rem
Initialism.
Abbreviation of Roentgen equivalent in man.
Shortening of remark.
Words formed from rem
Phrases with rem
Words that rhyme with rem
Questions about rem
- What does rem mean?
- Rem means 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.
- What is rem the initialism of?
- Rem is the initialism of rapid eye movement.
- What part of speech is rem?
- Rem can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of rem?
- The plural of rem is rems.
Words near rem in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rem (page history and authors); REM (page history and authors); Rem (page history and authors); rapid eye movement (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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