how to pronounce rem

/ˈɹɛm/

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rem is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of rem in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and REM sleep REM stands for rapid eye …”

meanings of rem

noun:

A Remington firearm.
A unit relative to the declared font size of the root element in a HTML document.
Rare earth metal(s).
Initialism of rapid eye movement, a sleep state.
A remark; a programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.
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.
A dose of absorbed radiation equivalent to one roentgen of X-rays or gamma rays.
Rapid eye movement.

adjective:

Remaining.

name:

An Egyptian fish god who fertilized the land with his tears.

rem frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word rem occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics rem can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that rem can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;