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rems

rems is the plural of rem.

Meaning of rem

Noun (1)

rem (plural 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.

Noun (2)

rem (plural rems)

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

Noun (3)

rem (plural 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.2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle edition, O'Reilly Media, page 126

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Proper noun capitalized: REMS

REMS

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Rover Environmental Monitoring Station.

Noun (1) capitalized: REMs

REMs

  1. (plural) plural of REM

Noun (2) capitalized: Rems

Rems

  1. (plural) plural of Rem

Phrases with rems

Questions about rems

What is rems the plural of?
Rems is the plural of rem.
What part of speech is rems?
Rems can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near rems in the dictionary

  1. rempeyek
  2. Rempi
  3. rempli
  4. remplissage
  5. remrefidine
  6. rems
  7. rems out
  8. Remsen
  9. Remsen cooler
  10. Remsen coolers
  11. Remsens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rems (page history and authors); REMS (page history and authors); REMs (page history and authors); Rems (page history and authors); rem (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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