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 See
A. M . . - noun An abbreviation of
Member of Congress . - An abbreviation of Methodist Episcopal; of Mining Engineer: as, John Smith, M. E.; of Middle English: used (as Middle English) in the etymologies of this work.
- An abbreviation of
Major-General . - In musical notation, an abbreviation of the French main gauche (left hand), indicating that a note or passage is to be played with the left hand.
- noun An abbreviation of
Middle Latin or Medieval Latin. - noun An abbreviation of
Maelzel's metronome . Seemetronome . - noun An abbreviation of
Member of Parliament . - noun In music, an abbreviation of
mano sinistra , ‘the left hand,’ noting a note or passage to be played with the left hand. - noun An abbreviation of the Latin Medicinæ Baccalaureus, Bachelor of Medicine;
- noun of the Latin Musicæ Baccalaureus, Bachelor of Music;
- noun of “mark of the beast,” in allusion to the popular belief that the garment described below smacked of popery.
- noun An abbreviation of the Latin Medicinæ Doctor, Doctor of Medicine (see
doctor , 2); in musical notation, of mano destra (Italian) or main droite (French), ‘right hand,’ indicating a passage to be performed by the right hand. - noun An abbreviation of the Latin Magister Chirurgiæ, Master of Surgery;
- noun of Master of Ceremonies.
- 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.
- In mech., m. stands for mass.
- In dental formulæ, in zoöl., m. stands for molar, and dm. for deciduous molar.
- In mathematics, M or
μ stands for modulus; in higher geom., m orμ for the degree of a curve. - In astronomy and metrology, m. stands for minute (of time), and for meter; mm. for millimeter; and
μ for micron or micromillimeter. - In musical notation, M. stands for mano (main), mezzo, metronome, and in organ-music for manual. See M. D., M. M., M. S.
- In a ship's log-book, masculine is an abbreviation of
mist . - In printing, the square or quadrate of any body of type: more commonly spelled out, em (which see).
- noun An abbreviation of Middle Dutch;
- noun of months (after) date.
- noun Abbreviations of Mœsogothic.
- noun An abbreviation
- noun of Latin Musicæ Graduatus. Graduate of Music.
- 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.
Etymologies
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Modification of capital letter M, from Ancient Greek letter Μ (M, "Mu").
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Various abbreviations
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From upper case roman numeral M (1000), an alteration of ⋈, from ∞, an alteration of ↀ, an alteration of Ⓧ, from encircling X (the roman numeral for ten) to indicate the hundredth ten.
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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