English
pica
see also: PICA
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈpʌɪkə/
  • (America) enPR: pīkə, IPA: /ˈpaɪkə/
Noun

pica (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand.
    Synonyms: allotriophagy, chthonophagia, cittosis, geophagy
Translations
  • Russian: пика́
  • Spanish: pica
Noun

pica

  1. (typography, printing, uncountable) A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point.
  2. (typography, uncountable, usually with qualifier) A font of this size.
  3. (typography, countable) A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially frac 35 cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now (computing) frac 1 in.
  4. (uncommon, ecclesiastical) A pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.
Noun

pica (plural picas)

  1. Archaic form of pika#English|pika. (small lagomorph)
    • 1895, Richard Lydekker, The Royal Natural History (volume 3, page 190)
      Most travellers in the Himalaya are familiar with the pretty little Rodents, known as picas, tailless hares, or mouse-hares, which may be seen in the higher regions […]
Noun

pica (plural picas)

  1. A magpie.
PICA
Noun

pica (plural picas)

  1. (spaceflight) Abbreviation of phenolic impregnated carbon ablator.


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