a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
"After falling into REM, his eyes darted back and forth as he dreamed about flying."
(roentgen equivalent man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays
"The safety officer calculated that an exposure of two rem would result in a negligible dose for the worker."
rapid eye movement
"The collector carefully cleaned his vintage Rem before displaying it in the case."
remaining time: In music, the time remaining in a track.
A programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.
rare earth metal(s).
Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.
A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays
A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.
A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in a HTML document.
A Remington firearm.
In plain English: A rem is an old unit used to measure how much radiation energy damages human tissue.
"The music player paused to load a new rem from the playlist queue."
Usage: Use "rem" only as an abbreviation for remark, programming statement, or DOS batch file command; do not use it when referring to units of measurement. For the unit of absorbed radiation, spell out "roentgen equivalent man," and for HTML font sizing, specify that a rem is relative to the root element's declared size.
remaining
"After paying the deposit, there was only five hundred dollars rem in his pocket."
An Egyptian fish god who fertilized the land with his tears.
"The ancient Egyptians worshipped Rem as a fish god whose tears fertilized the land."
The word REM is an acronym formed from the initials of the phrase rapid eye movement. It was coined to label a specific stage of sleep characterized by these distinctive physical movements.