释义 |
m 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 • - 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 |