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noun (pl=Ms, pl2=M's)
- The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet; a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio-nasal consonant.
proper noun
- fictional character from the James Bond stories and films
abbreviation or M.
- Monsieur
- male
- Monday
- Mother
- (context, size) Medium
- (context, US, roadway) Michigan; Usage note: This designation is used within Michigan.
- mature
- (context, cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
- (context, cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled
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| MBD |
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initialism - Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Minimal Brain Damage, Minimal Brain Disorder
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noun
- The quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard.
- An (unspecified) quantity or capacity :
- a of salt
- (rfdate) The unwise man never knows the of his stomach. " from the w:Hí¡vamí¡l, Hí¡vamí¡l
- The precise designated distance between two objects or points.
- The act of measuring.
- A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition.
- A rule, ruler or measuring stick.
- A tactic, strategy or piece of legislation.
- He took drastic measures to halt inflation.
- (mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like.
- An indicator; Something used to assess some property.
- The average price of basic household goods is a for inflation.
- Honesty is the true of a man.
(rfex)
verb (measur, ing)
- To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
- To estimate the unit size of something.
- To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
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noun
- The act of measure, measuring.
- Magnitude (or extent or amount) determined by measurement.
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| megaton |
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noun
- a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
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| meter |
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noun
- (always ) A device that measures things.
- A parking meter.
- The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.
- (music): an increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.
- (context, Prosody): The rhythm pattern in a poem.
verb
- To measure with a metering device
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adjective
- relating to poetic meter
- having a regular rhythm
- of or pertaining to measurement
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| metric system |
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noun - The system of measurements developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
- The modern version of that system, Systeme Internationale d'Unites (International System of Units), or SI system of measurements that is based on the base units of the meter/metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.
- see Appendix:SI_units, Appendix on SI Units
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| metric ton |
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noun (plural metric tons)
- A tonne, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms.
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| metrology |
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noun (metrolog, ies, -)
- (uncountable) The science of weights and measures or of measurement.
- (countable) A system of weights and measures.
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| MG |
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initialism (wikipedia, MG (car))
- ("Morris Garages") A British sports-car manufacturer.
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| MI |
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abbreviation
- Michigan, a state of the United States of America.
- military, Military intelligence.
- myocardial, Myocardial infarction.
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| micrometer |
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noun (commons)
- A device used to measure distance very precisely but within a limited range, especially depth, thickness, and diameter.
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| micron |
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noun
- (physics) A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
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| mil |
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noun
- An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to <small>1<big>�</big>6400</small> of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one subtends about one metre (0,98 m). Also <small>1<big>�</big>6000</small> and <small>1<big>�</big>6300</small> are used in other countries.
- A unit of measurement equal to <small>1<big>�</big>1000</small> of an inch, usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
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| mile |
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noun
- A unit of measure (length or distance) equal to 5,280 feet (8 furlongs) in the U.S.Customary/Imperial system of measurements. One mile is equal to 1.609344 km. <ref> http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm</ref>
- A Roman unit of measure equal to 1000 (double) steps (mille passus or mille passuum) or 5000 Roman feet (approx. 1480m).
- A track race of one mile in length; sometimes used to refer to the 1500m race.
- The runners competed in the .
- (slang) A great distance.
- The shot missed by a .
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| mileage |
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noun
- the total distance, in miles, travelled
- the number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel
- an allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile
- the amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future
- This old PC has still got plenty of in it.
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| milligram |
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noun - An SI unit of mass, equivalent to one thousandth of a gram.
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| milliliter |
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noun
- (context, chiefly, US) millilitre
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| millimeter |
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noun
- An SI
- Abbreviation, SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of 1/1000 of a meter
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| min |
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abbreviation
- minute
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| mina |
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noun
- The myna bird.
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| minim |
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noun
- (music) a half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
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| ML |
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initialism - Medieval Latin
- Markup Language
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| MM |
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initialism - Mile Marker
- (Chinese) Beauty girls
- (freemasonry) Master Mason
- (Amateur/Ham Radio) maritime mobile
- Microsoft Moment
- man-month
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| module |
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noun
- A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.
- (architecture) A standard unit of measure used for determining the proportions of a building.
- (computing) A section of a program; a subroutine.
- A unit of education covering a single topic.
- A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game.
- (mathematics) An abelian group.
<i>K</i>-, module over <i>K</i>
- (mathematics) An algebraic structure which behaves just like a vector space over a field F, except that F is replaced by K, a commutative ring with unit.
- Any module extends easily into a <math>\mathbb{Z}</math>-module.
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| morgen |
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noun
- a unit of measurement of land in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies, also used in Prussia, Denmark and Norway, equivalent to two acres.
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| MPG |
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initialism - Miles Per Gallon
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| mph |
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initialism - mile(s) per hour
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| MT |
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abbreviation
- Montana, a state of the United States of America.
- Mountain Time.
- Massage Therapist.
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| mu |
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noun (mu's, -)
- (uncountable) the name for the 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet. (countable) an instance of that letter.
- (uncountable) The name of a mythical floating island.
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