m

noun, plural M’s or Ms, m’s or ms.

1. the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter M or m, as in my, summer, or him.
3. something having the shape of an M.
4. a written or printed representation of the letter M or m.
5. a device, as a printer’s type, for reproducing the letter M or m.
6. Printing. em.

1. Physics. mass.
2. Finance. (of bonds) matured.
3. medieval.
4. medium.
5. meter; meters.
6. middle.
7. Music. minor.

1. Symbol, Electricity. magnetic pole strength.

1. mach.
2. Music. major.
3. male.
4. married.
5. Medieval.
6. medium.
7. mega-.
8. Middle.
9. modal auxiliary.
10. modifier.
11. Economics. monetary aggregate: issued periodically by the Federal Reserve Board as various measures of money supply (M-1, M-1A, M-2, etc.).Compare L
12. British. motorway (used with a road number to designate a major highway): the M1.

Symbol.

1. the thirteenth in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the twelfth.
2. (sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 1000.Compare Roman numerals.
3. Electricity. magnetization.
4. Biochemistry. methionine.

1. a prefix found in many family names of Irish or Scottish Gaelic origin, as MacBride and Macdonald.

1. contraction of am: I’m not thirsty.

1. meta-.
2. (referring especially to the use of wireless electronic devices) mobile: m-commerce; m-business.

1. U.S. Military. (used to designate the production model of military equipment, as the M-1 rifle.)

1. variant of Mac-.

1. noon.

1. (in prescriptions) mix.

1. male.
2. (in Germany) mark; marks.
3. married.
4. masculine.
5. Physics. mass.
6. medium.
7. meter.
8. middle.
9. mile.
10. minute.
11. modification of.
12. modulus.
13. molar.
14. month.
15. moon.
16. morning.
17. mouth.

1. noon.

1. Majesty.
2. Manitoba.
3. markka; markkaa.
4. Marquis.
5. Music. measure.
6. medicine.
7. medium.
8. meridian.
9. Monday.
10. plural MM. Monsieur.
11. mountain.

1. variant of Mac-.

noun

1. the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.
3. micron(def 1).

noun plural m’s, M’s or Ms

1. the 13th letter and tenth consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a bilabial nasal, as in mat

symbol for

1. metre(s)
2. mile(s)
3. milli-
4. minute(s)

symbol for

1. mach
2. medium (size)
3. mega-
4. currency mark(s)
5. million
6. astronomy Messier catalogue; a catalogue published in 1784, in which 103 nebulae and clusters are listed using a numerical systemM13 is the globular cluster in Hercules
7. Middle
8. physics modulus
9. (in Britain) motorwaythe M1 runs from London to Leeds
10. (in Australia)
    1. mature audience (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone over the age of 15)
    2. (as modifier)an M film
11. logic the middle term of a syllogism
12. physics mutual inductance
13. chem molar
14. (Roman numeral) 1000See Roman numerals

abbreviation for

15. Malta (international car registration)

prefix

1. short for meta- (def. 4)

prefix

1. indicating the use of mobile-communications technologym-banking

abbreviation for

1. cricket maiden (over)
2. male
3. mare
4. married
5. masculine

abbreviation for

1. Majesty
2. (in titles) Member
3. million
4. Also: M plural MM or MM French Monsieur
5. mountain

prefix

1. a variant of Mac-

contraction of

1. (verb) am
2. (noun) madamyes’m

prefix

1. a variant of Mac-

noun

1. the 12th letter in the Greek alphabet (Μ, μ), a consonant, transliterated as m

the internet domain name for

1. Mauritius

abbreviation for

1. Musicians’ Union

prefix

1. (in surnames of Scottish or Irish Gaelic origin) son ofMacDonald; MacNeice

13th letter, from Greek mu, from Semitic mem. The Roman symbol for 1,000; sometimes used in this sense in English 15c.-16c.; but in late 20c. newspaper headlines it stands for million. As a thickness of type, from 1680s. common element in Scottish and Irish names, from Old Celtic *makko-s “son.” Cognate root *makwos “son” produced Old Welsh map, Welsh mab, ap “son;” also probably cognate with Old English mago “son, attendant, servant,” Old Norse mögr “son,” Gothic magus “boy, servant,” Old English mægð “maid” (see maiden). abbr.

1. mass
2. meter

abbr.

1. molar1
2. molarity
3. morgan
4. myopia

abbr.

1. meta-

n.

1. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or being a polypeptide chain that is one of five types of heavy chains present in immunoglobins.

abbr.

1. Mache unit

1. Abbreviation of mass, meter