Search

noun

a standard paper size (half A4), 148 × 210 mm
(as adjective): A5 notepaper

See also A sizes
Historical Examples

Indeed, a5 is composed of this sign alone with its usual coefficient of 9.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs Sylvanus Griswold Morley

The student will note that 12, not 13, tuns are recorded in a5.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs Sylvanus Griswold Morley

This is generated by the decay of animal and vegetable substances, and is to a5 considerable degree soluble in water.
Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills Luella Agnes Owen

The cycle glyph in the Tikal text (fig. 60, a5) is clearly the normal form.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs Sylvanus Griswold Morley

In Cowley, now and then, a stanza is found with a preceding frons (on the scheme a a5 b c b c4).
A History of English Versification Jakob Schipper

The next glyph (a5) should be the kin sign, the lowest period involved in recording Initial Series.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs Sylvanus Griswold Morley

Then he found fault with his new seat, because it was exposed to a5 draught which blew the cinders into his eyes.
Manasseh Maurus Jokai

For the planets, in virtue of Kepler’s law, the effect varies then inversely as √a5; it is therefore insensible, save for Mercury.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method Henri Poincar

A comparison of a5 with the normal form of the kin sign in figure 34, a, shows that these two forms are identical.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs Sylvanus Griswold Morley