I. ˈem noun
( plural m's or ms ˈemz)
Usage: often capitalized, often attributive
1.
a. : the 13th letter of the English alphabet
b. : an instance of this letter printed, written, or otherwise represented
c. : a speech counterpart of orthographic m (as m in mimic, small, comfort, or French muet )
2. : 1000 — see number table
3. : a printer's type, a stamp, or some other instrument for reproducing the letter m
4. : someone or something arbitrarily or conveniently designated m especially as the 12th or when j is used for the 10th the 13th in order or class
5. : something having the shape of the capital letter M
6.
a. : em 2
b. : pica
7. : an antigen of human blood that shares a common genetic locus with the N antigen
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- have an M under one's girdle
II. abbreviation
Usage: often capitalized
1. Mach
2.
[Latin magister ]
master
3. magistrate
4. magnetic
5. maiden
6. maiden over
7. mail
8.
[French main ]
hand
9. majesty
10. make
11. male
12.
[Latin manipulus ]
handful
13.
[Italian mano ]
hand
14. manual
15. March
16. mare
17. maritime
18. mark
19. marker
20. marquis
21. married
22. martyr
23. masculine
24. mass
25. master
26. mate
27. maxwell
28. May
29. mean
30. measure
31. mechanical
32. medical
33.
[Latin medicinae ]
of medicine
34. medium
35. mega-
36. melts at
37. member
38. memorandum
39. meridian
40.
[Latin meridies ]
noon
41. metal
42. meter
43. metropolitan
44.
[Italian mezzo ]
half
45. micro-
46. middle
47. mil
48. mile
49. military
50. mill
51.
[Latin mille ]
thousand
52. milli-
53. million
54. mine
55. minim
56. minor
57. minute
58.
[Latin misce ]
mix
59. miscellaneous
60. mist
61.
[Latin mistura ]
mixture
62. model
63. modulus
64. molar; mole
65. molecular weight
66. moment
67. Monday
68. monoplane
69. monsieur
70. monsoon
71. month
72. moon
73. morning
74. morphine
75. mortar
76. mortgage
77.
[Latin mortis ]
of death
78. mother
79. motor
80. mountain
81. mucoid
82. mud
83. muscle
84. mustard gas
85. muster
86. myopia
III. symbol
Usage: capitalized
1.
a. place for the insertion of a given name of a bridegroom (as in a ceremonial statement) or of a male person — compare n III 1
b. place for the insertion of two or more usually given names of a person — compare NN
2. ital mutual inductance
3. metal — used especially of a univalent cation; see base 8a, general formula