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M
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution
Synonyms:
M; molar concentration; molarity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("M" is a kind of...):
concentration (the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The 13th letter of the Roman alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("M" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("M" is a member of...):
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
Synonyms:
M; MB; mebibyte; megabyte; MiB
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("M" is a kind of...):
computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)
Meronyms (parts of "M"):
K; kB; KiB; kibibyte; kilobyte (a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes)
Holonyms ("M" is a part of...):
G; GB; GiB; gibibyte; gigabyte (a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
Synonyms:
M; MB; megabyte
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("M" is a kind of...):
computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)
Meronyms (parts of "M"):
K; kB; kilobyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes)
Holonyms ("M" is a part of...):
G; GB; gigabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("m" is a kind of...):
metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)
Meronyms (parts of "m"):
decimeter; decimetre; dm (a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter)
Holonyms ("m" is a part of...):
dam; decameter; decametre; dekameter; dekametre; dkm (a metric unit of length equal to ten meters)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Synonyms:
1000; chiliad; G; grand; K; M; one thousand; thou; thousand; yard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("M" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "M"):
millenary (a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
Synonyms:
1000; k; m; one thousand; thousand
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
M. mesophilicum is an opportunistic but rare human pathogen and is normally found from environmental sources such as soil and vegetation.
(Methylobacterium mesophilicum, NCI Thesaurus)
I'm more surprised at 'im for wantin' to get out nor any other animile in the place.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“I’m sorry, Mr. Holmes,” he cried.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A benign condition in which there is a higher-than-normal level of a protein called M protein in the blood.
(MGUS, NCI Dictionary)
M. paraoxydans is pathogenic and one of the most common species of Microbacterium to be isolated from clinical specimens.
(Microbacterium paraoxydans, NCI Thesaurus)
Condensed chromosomes observed during the M phase of the cell cycle.
(Mitotic Chromosome, NCI Thesaurus)
They paid 'm more'n I could afford.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Served 'm right. You said so yourself, Mr. Scott. He tried to take White Fang's meat, an' he's dead-O.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I never wasted good money of mine, nor lost it neither; and I'll trick 'em again. I'm not afraid on 'em. I'll shake out another reef, matey, and daddle 'em again.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Patients with Ménétrier disease may be at a higher risk of stomach cancer.
(Ménétrier disease, NCI Dictionary)
