仮想ボディ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 仮 | 想 |
| か Grade: 5 | そう Grade: 3 |
| kan’on | goon |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 假想ボディ (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
仮想 (“imaginary”) + ボディ (“body”), as in the "imaginary body" of a sort in movable type printing
Noun
仮想ボディ • (kasō bodi)
- (typography) a em-square or em-box, sometimes literally translated as "imaginary body" or "virtual body", whose dimension is 1em, that defines the bounds of a CJK glyph, or that is used for defining font size
- Coordinate term: 平均字面