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m1 definition

m or M (em)

noun pl. M's, m's

  1. the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek mu, derived ultimately from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (m) of milk or stratagem
  3. a type or impression for m or M
  4. the thirteenth in a sequence or group
  5. Printing an em (Example: a “ dash” is a dash that is one em long)
  6. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of m or M
  2. thirteenth in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like
m2 definition

m

  1. male
  2. manual
  3. mark (a coin)
  4. married
  5. masculine
  6. Physics
    1. mass
    2. modulus
  7. medium
  8. meridian
  9. meter(s)
  10. mile(s)
  11. mill(s)
  12. milli-
  13. million(s)
  14. minim
  15. minute(s)
  16. month
  17. moon
  18. morning
  19. Etymology: see M (sense )

    noon a.m., p.m.
M1 definition

M (em)

noun

a Roman numeral for 1,000: with a superior bar (), 1,000,000
M2 definition

M

  1. Bible Maccabees
  2. male
  3. Manitoba
  4. March
  5. mark (a coin)
  6. Marquis
  7. married
  8. May
  9. medieval
  10. medium
  11. mega-
  12. Astron. Messier catalog
  13. Chem. metal
  14. Music mezzo
  15. Physics momentum
  16. Monday
  17. Monsieur
  18. Elec. mutual inductance
  19. Etymology: L meridies

    noon A.M., P.M.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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