Pica word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "pica" word

[noun] eating earth or clay or chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes or sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency
[noun] magpies
[noun] a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing

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\Pi"ca\, n. [L. pica a pie, magpie; in sense 3 prob. named from some resemblance to the colors of the magpie. Cf. {Pie} magpie.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The genus that includes the magpies. 2. (Med.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A service-book. See {Pie}. [Obs.] 4. (Print.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English. Note: This line is printed in pica Note: Pica is twice the size of nonpareil, and is used as a standard of measurement in casting leads, cutting rules, etc., and also as a standard by which to designate several larger kinds of type, as double pica, two-line pica, four-line pica, and the like. {Small pica} (Print.), a size of type next larger than long primer, and smaller than pica. Note: This line is printed in small pica

Synonyms for pica

em, genus Pica, geophagia, geophagy, pica em

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The fun area, different aproach to word »pica«

Let's analyse "pica" as pure text. This string has Four letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ACIP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .--. .. -.-. .-

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: pica: 9 + 1 = 10, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: pica: 7 + 9 + 3 + 1 = 20, reduced: 2, and the final result is Two.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder

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