Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Grammar masculine
- abbreviation Physics mass
- abbreviation meter (measurement)
- abbreviation mile
- abbreviation minute
- abbreviation Physics modulus
- abbreviation Chemistry molality
- noun The 13th letter of the modern English alphabet.
- noun Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter m.
- noun The 13th in a series.
- noun Something shaped like the letter M.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
Middle Latin or Medieval Latin. - noun An abbreviation of
mean time . - noun An abbreviation of
Maelzel's metronome . Seemetronome . - noun An abbreviation of
Member of Parliament . - noun An abbreviation
- noun of Master of Horticulture;
- noun of Most Honorable.
- An abbreviation
- of Master of Laws;
- of Master of Literature;
- of muzzle-loading.
- As a symbol:
- M denotes magnetic moment: usually printed in old English; a gaseous pressure of the millionth of an atmosphere.
- μ denotes magnetic permeability or the specific conductivity of any substance for lines of magnetic force; the coefficient of friction.
- m stands for the intensity or strength of a magnetic pole.
- m stands for square meters, m for cubic meters.
- As an abbreviation:
- In titles, M. stands also for Marquis, Matthew (a book of the New Testament), and Monsieur.
- In a ship's log-book, masculine is an abbreviation of moderate.
- In a chart, masculine stands for mud; in meteorology, for mist; in ophthalmol., for myopia.
- In pharmacy, M. or masculine stands for macerare (macerate), manipulus (a handful), mensura (measure or by measure), minimum (minim), misce (mix), mistura (mixture).
- In astronomical tables, M. or masculine (abbreviation of L.
meridies ) indicates meridian or meridional: 12 M. stands for noon. SeeA. M . and P. M. - In astronomy, M. stands for Messier, referring to his catalogue of 103 nebulæ and star-clusters: thus, 51M. or M.51 is the famous whirlpool nebula.
- M. stands for Monday; M. or masculine, for mile or miles, mill or mills, month or months, moon, muster; m., for married, masculine, middle, minutes, morning, and the Latin mille (a thousand).
- noun An abbreviation
- noun of Master of Painting;
- noun of man-power;
- noun of Member of Police;
- noun of Methodist Protestant;
- noun of Metropolitan Police;
- noun of the Latin millia passuum, a thousand paces: the Roman mile;
- noun of Municipal Police.
- The thirteenth letter and tenth consonant in the English alphabet.
- As a numeral, in the Roman system, M denotes 1,000. With a dash or stroke over it (M), it stands for a thousand times a thousand, or 1,000,000.
- As a symbol
- In the mnemonic words of logic (see
mood ), m indicates a transposition (metathesis) of the premises in the reduction. - Formerly, M was a brand impressed on one convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy.
- As an abbreviation
- In titles, M. stands for Magister or Master, as in A. M.; for Medicinæ or Medicine, as in M. D.; or for Member, as in M. C, member of Congress, and M. P., member of Parliament.
Etymologies
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Examples
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C. ANTHONY: No, I ` m-- I ` m going to hang up and just walk away right now.
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I ` m-- that ` s a part of the reason why I ` m getting a divorce.
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CASEY ANTHONY: Because I ` m scared and I ` m-- I know I ` m running out of options.
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KIDMAN: I ` m-- I ` m never some to make broad statements anyway.
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And I ` m-- based on what I ` m hearing, I would not be surprised if soon we ` re talking about several dozen doctors.
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GEORGE ANTHONY: And I ` m-- I ` m trusting the people who told me that because they want us to have that time, OK?
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And I ` m-- not to say that I ` m accusing him of murdering Haleigh, because Haleigh is not found.
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SAMUEL THOMPSON, SOMER THOMPSON ` S FATHER: All I can say is I ` m-- I ` m handling it just as any father would whose daughter has been taken from him.
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I ` m-- the world that I ` m in, it ` s so fast phased.
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The thing I ` m-- yes, I ` m not convinced that, you know, she made that decision herself.
chained_bear commented on the word m
"I learned from Florey that the Egyptians used a wavelike symbol for water that the Phoenicians adapted and called mem—thus the letter M. I loved the soothing mindlessness of the exercises, particularly seeing the mmmm's break across the page—a tiny, rolling sea."
—Emily Yoffe, "Dead Letters: Everyone Has Terrible Handwriting These Days," Slate.com, seen here.
September 12, 2009
alexz commented on the word m
Txt/twitterspeak for "am"
September 30, 2015