"size of type of about six lines to the inch" (12 point), 1580s, probably from pica, name of a book of rules in Church of England for determining holy days (late 15c. in Anglo-Latin), probably from Latin pica "magpie" (see pie (n.2)); the book so called perhaps from the color and the "pied" look of the old type on close-printed pages. The type size was that generally used to print ordinals.
pica (n.2)
"pathological craving for substance unfit for food" (such as chalk), 1560s, from Medieval Latin pica "magpie" (see pie (n.2)), probably translating Greek kissa, kitta "magpie, jay," also "false appetite." The connecting notion may be the birds' indiscriminate feeding.
雙語例句
1. Porous , spherical zirconia particle size distribution ( about 3μ m ) were synthesized by the process of polymerization - induced colloid aggregation ( PICA ).
利用聚合誘導膠體凝聚技術 ( PICA ) 制備了球形二氧化鋯.
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2. Art is a lie that tells the truth. ( Pica o, anish painter )
美術是揭示真理的謊言. ( 西班牙畫家畢加索 )
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3. It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer notes.
這是四開本, 印四號字,用大字長字做標題, 我一天排一張紙的字,而由梅爾迪士印出來.
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4. Pablo Pica o played a principal role in the early movement of cubism.
帕勃洛?畢加索在立體派早期發展中起首重要的推動作用.
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5. Pica warns that significant downside risk could still be lurking as developers announce interim earnings.