noun🔗Share異食症、氷、粘土、チョーク、土、砂などの非可食性物質への渇望と食欲を特徴とする障害A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand."The doctor suspected the child had pica because she was constantly eating dirt from the garden. "医者は、その子が庭の土を絶えず食べていたため、異食症だと疑った。medicineminddiseasebodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareスモールピカとイングリッシュの中間の活字サイズで、12ポイントに標準化されているA size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point."The body text of the report was formatted in 12-point, also known as pica, for readability. "レポートの本文は、読みやすさのために12ポイントで書式設定されており、これは「ピカ」としても知られています。typewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share文字サイズ(usually with qualifier) A font of this size."My grandmother uses a pica font size for her handwritten letters. "祖母は手書きの手紙にピカの文字サイズを使います。typewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareパイカ (長さの単位)A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially 35/83 cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now 1/6 in."The magazine article's text was set in 12-point font, with a line length of 20 picas. "雑誌記事のテキストは12ポイントのフォントで設定され、行の長さは20パイカでした。unitwritingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareピカ、ディレクトリA pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars."The parish priest consulted the pica to determine which saint's feast day should be celebrated that week. "司祭は、その週にどの聖人の祝日を祝うべきかを決定するために、ピカを参照しました。religionliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareナキウサギAny of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia."While hiking in the Rocky Mountains, we were lucky enough to spot a pica scurrying among the rocks, gathering grasses for its winter food cache. "ロッキー山脈でハイキング中、岩の間を走り回り、冬の食料貯蔵のために草を集めているナキウサギを見ることができて幸運でした。animalnatureorganismbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareカササギA magpie."A pica perched on the fence, its iridescent feathers shimmering in the sun. "カササギがフェンスに止まり、その虹色の羽が太陽の下で輝いていた。animalbirdChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
