M
\ˈɛm], \ˈɛm], \ˈɛ_m]\
Definitions of M
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
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the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
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the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
By Princeton University
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denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
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the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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M, the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio-nasal consonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, 178-180, 242.
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As a numeral, stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin.
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A quadrat, the face or top of which is a perfect square.
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A brand or stigma, having the shape of an M, formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy.
By Noah Webster.
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Abbreviation for myopia or myopic; for mille, a thousand; in prescriptions, for misce, mix.
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Abbreviation for meter, minim.
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Abbreviation, in chemistry, for meta-. μ Abbreviation for micron.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Is the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, and its sound is uniform; as a numerical letter it stands for 1000, and with a dash over it for 1,000,000.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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This letter signifies, in prescriptions, maniplus, 'a handful.' Also, misce, 'mix.' See Abbreviation.
By Robley Dunglison
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the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, is an articulation formed by a compression of the lips. It is scarcely ever silent, and its sound is always the same, as in man, gum, rim. As a numeral instants for 1000; with a dash over it for a million. It is of frequent use as an abbreviation, as M.A., manuscript; M.D., doctor of medicine; A.M and P.M before and after noon. In printing, m is taken as the measure of the length of a page; each line being reckoned to hold in breadth so many ens, and hence the amount of type in a page or sheet.
