Definition of pica Pica

/pajˈkʌ/ - [payku] - pi•ca

We found 17 definitions of pica from 6 different sources.

What does pica mean?

Noun Plural: picas
pica - magpies
		genus Pica
		bird genus a genus of birds
		corvidae, family corvidae crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
pica - an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently
		eating disorder a disorder of the normal eating routine
pica - a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
		em, pica em
		linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length
		inch, in a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
		point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"

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pica (Noun)
A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc. ; chthonophagia.
pica (Noun)
A size of type.
pica (Noun)
A unit of measure equivalent to 12 points.
pica (Noun)
The traditional British and American pica, about 4. 22 mm, or 0. 166 in close to 1/6 of an inch.
pica (Noun)
The PostScript pica, 1/6 of an inch.
pica (Noun)
A Roman Catholic service book ; a type of ecclesiastical calendar book.

pica (n.)
The genus that includes the magpies.
pica (n.)
A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.
pica (n.)
A service-book. See Pie.
pica (n.)
A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English.

pica
pī′ka, n. a size of type smaller than English and larger than Small pica, equal to 12 points in the new system of sizes, about 6 lines to the inch, used by printers as a standard unit of measurement for thickness and length of leads, rules, borders, &c.—as 6-to-pica or 10-to-pica, according as 6 or 10 leads set together make a line of pica.—Double pica, a size equal to 2 lines of small pica; Double small pica, a size of type giving about 3⅓ lines to the inch; Small pica, a size smaller than pica and larger than long-primer, about 11 points; Two-line pica, a size of about 3 lines to the inch, equal to 2 lines of pica, or to 24 points. [Pie (2).]
pica
pī′ka, n. a magpie. [Pie.]

disorder
Pica is an eating disorder where a person wants to eat things that are not normal to eat, for example nails, rocks or feces. A person with Pica may also have a strong want to eat unusual things that are normally considered food but not in the normal way, for example, uncooked potatoes, flour or starch.

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pica in sign language