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M2

Syllabification: (M)
Pronunciation: /em/
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Definition of M

abbreviation

  • Majesty.
  • male.
  • Manitoba.
  • markka; markkas.
  • Marquis.
  • Music measure.
  • medicine.
  • medium (as a clothes size).
  • [in combination] (in units of measurement) mega-:8 Mbytes of memory
  • meridian.
  • Astronomy Messier (catalog of nebulae):the galaxy M33
  • Chemistry (with reference to solutions) molar:0.15 M NaCl solution
  • Monday.
  • Monsieur:M Chirac
  • money, when used with a following numeral in measures of money supply:broad money, M3, grew by an annualized 9.7%
  • mountain.
  • noon.
    [from Latin meridies]

M in other Oxford dictionaries

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