em

/ɛm/
noun
  1. The letter M.
    • The first letter of his name is an em.
    • She wrote a capital em on the board.
    • Spell 'mom' with two ems.
  2. A unit of measurement in printing, equal to the width of the letter M in a particular typeface.
    • Set the left margin to two ems.
    • The paragraph was indented by one em.
    • In typography, an em dash is the width of an em.