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OM

Date "OM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references)

Note: Om \Om\, interjection & noun. [Also Aum, Um.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: OM

DomainDefinition

Computing

Om The country code for Oman. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Literature

Om A Sanscrit word, somewhat similar to Amen. When the gods are asked to rejoice in a sacrifice, the god Savitri cries out Om (Be it so). When Pravâhan is asked if his father has instructed him, he answers Om (Verily). Brahmins begin and end their lessons on the Veda with the word Om, for "unless Om precedes his lecture, it will be like water on a rock, which cannot be gathered up; and unless it concludes the lecture, it will bring forth no fruit."
Om mani padem hûm. These are the first six syllables taught the children of Tibet and Mongolia, and the last words uttered by the dying in those lands. It is met with everywhere as a charm. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Officine Meccaniche

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Officine Meccaniche (OM) - was an Italian Truck manufactuer, from Brescia. It was then bought out by Fiat, and was consquently one of the founding companies of IVECO.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Officine Meccaniche."

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Om

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Om (or Aum) is a sacred syllable in, both, Hinduism and Buddhism. The syllable is sometimes referred to as, "the Udgitha". The Chandogya Upanishad (1.1.1-10) states, "The udgitha is the best of all essences, the highest, deserving the highest place, the eighth." It has been argued that Om can be translated, into English, as "yes". Notes the Chandogya Upanishad, "That syllable, is a syllable of permission; for, whenever we permit anything, we say Om." Om is a river in Russia; it is ~724km long.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Om."

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Oman

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Sultanate of Oman is a country in western Asia, on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates in the northwest, Saudi Arabia in the west, and Yemen in the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea in the south and east, and the Gulf of Oman in the northeast.

Saltanat Uman
(In Detail) (Full size)
National motto: Xxxxx
Official language Arabic
Capital Muscat
SultanQaboos bin Said Al Said
Area
 - Total
 - % water
Ranked 82nd
212,460 km²
0%
Population
 - Total (2000)
 - Density
Ranked 135th
2,622,198
12.3/km²
Independence1741
Currency Rial
Time zone UTC+4
National anthem Ya Rabbana Ehfid Lana Jalalat Al Sultan
Internet TLD.OM
Calling Code968

History

Main article: History of Oman

Oman has been a centre for traders for centuries. In 1508, the main port, Muscat, was captured by the Portuguese, who held it until it was taken by the Ottomanss in 1659. These were driven out in 1741, when the present line of sultans was formed by Ahmed ibn Said.

In early the 19th century, Oman grew to a major power, having possessions in Persia, Baluchistan and Zanzibar, but these were gradually all lost. In 1891, Oman became a British protectorate, which lasted until 1971. The year prior, sultan Said ibn Taimur had been ousted by his son, sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, (ruled 1970 - ). Qaboos has since greatly improved the economic situation of the country, remaining in peace with all other countries in the Middle East.

Politics

Main article: Politics of Oman

Chief of state and government is the sultan, who appoints a cabinet to assist him. The title of sultan is hereditary. In the early 1990s, the sultan instituted an elected parliament, the Majlis ash-Shura, though only a small part of the Omanis is elegible to vote.

Although the sultan functions basically as a totalitarian ruler, he has the approval of most of the Omanis: in his 30 years of government he has greatly improved the situation in the country. The governmental system is developing into a democracy, although this is done only gradually. Recently , the sultan announced that all Omanis over the age of 21 would be eligible to vote.

Regions

Main article: Regions of Oman

Oman is divided into eight regions (mintaqah). These regions are subdivided in smaller discricts, (wilayat).

Geography

Main article: Geography of Oman

A vast desert plain covers most of central Oman, with mountain ranges along the north and southeast coast, where the countries main cities are also located: capital city Muscat, Matrah and Sur in the north, and Salalah in the south. Oman's climate in the interior is hot and dry, but humid along the coast.

The peninsula of Musandam which has a strategic location on the Strait of Hormuz, is separated from the rest of Oman by the United Arab Emirates. Not all of Oman's borders with that country are well defined.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Oman
 
Oman's economic performance improved significantly in 2000 due largely to the upturn in oil prices. The government is moving ahead with privatization of its utilities, the development of a body of commercial law to facilitate foreign investment, and increased budgetary outlays. Oman continues to liberalise its markets and joined the World Trade Organization in November 2000. GDP growth improved in 2001 despite the global economic slowdown.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Oman

The majority of the Omanis are Arabs, although there is a sizable Baluchi minority. Like in most other Arab countries, a large number of foreign laborers lives here, mostly from India, Pakistan and Iran. The official language is Arab, but the minorities speak their own languages.

Islam is the predominant religion, mostly Ibadhi Muslims; many of the Indians practise Hinduism.

Culture

Main article: Culture of Oman

Although Oman is a modern country, western influences are restricted; the Ibadhi form of Islam is very strict in comparison with Sunni Islam and Shi'a Islam.

Oman is famous for its khanjar knives.

Miscellaneous topics

External Links


Countries of the world  |  Asia

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oman."

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Order of Merit

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Order of Merit (OM) is a British honorary institution. It was established in 1902 by King Edward VII as a reward for distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture.

The order is limited to 24 members, but additional foreigners may be added as "honorary members". The order is open to women; Florence Nightingale was the first, in 1907. Members are entitled to the post-nominal OM.

The badge has the appearance of a red Maltese Cross surmounted by a golden crown.

Notable former members:

In October 2002 the members were

The Indian Order of Merit, recognizing individual bravery by Indian military persons, was originally called "Order of Merit" when established in 1837, and was renamed when the present-day Order was established.

See also: British and Commonwealth orders and decorations, British honours system.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Order of Merit."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: OM

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

OM

DanishSultanatet OmanGeography

OM

DutchSultanaat OmanGeography

OM

EnglishOld manN/A

OM

FinnishOmanin sulttaanikuntaGeography

OM

FrenchSultanat d'OmanGeography, Law

OM

GermanOptische MikroskopieN/A

OM

GreekΟμάνGeography

OM

ItalianSultanato dell'OmanGeography

OM

PortugueseOmãGeography

OM

SpanishOmánGeography

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms within Context: OM

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Spell

Talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei; furcula, madstone; mascot, mascotte; merrythought; Om, Aum; scarab, scarabaeus; sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot, gammadion.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: OM

Specialty definitions using "OM": Lifelong Learning Action PlanNewcomers Integration Actorder declaring a person to be an undesirable alienpersonal reintegration budget, practical capacity, pronouncement of undesirabilityservice volume. (references)
Non-English Usage: "OM" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (around, at, beside, by, on, to, upon, with), Albanian (ohm), Danish (about, around, by, concerning, for, from, in, inside, into, of, on, per, round, since, towards, upon, within), Dutch (about, around, at, by, in order to, on, round, so as, to, towards, untranslated, untranslated here, upon), Flemish (around, at, for, to), Norwegian (about, around, by, concerning, from, if, in, of, on, round, since, towards, upon), Portuguese (Oman, Sultanate of Oman), Romanian (fellow, human, husband, individual, Jack, male, man, my man, person, somebody, soul, spouse, subject), Serbo-Croatian (ohm), Swedish (about, again, back, concerning, for, if, in, in case, of, on, over, past, provided that, round, supposing, to, upon, wheter, whether), Turkish (ohm).

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Modern Usage: OM

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Jo det ska jag tala om för dig, det är ditt fel och det är Vanhedens fel och det är ditt snaskätande missfoster till mans s' fel (Varning för Jönssonligan; writing credit: Henning Bahs; Erik Balling)

And crawling om this planet's face, some insects called the human race (The Rocky Horror Picture Show; writing credit: Richard O'Brien; Jim Sharman)

Lyrics

OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M (Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth); performing artist: George Harrison)

Movie/TV Titles

Sagan om Siv (1974)

Højt spil om tændstikker (1973)

Om 7 flickor (1973)

Noget om nisser (1972)

Kampen om Mardøla (1972)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: OM

DomainTitle

References

  • OM AB: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • OM Group, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • De WODC-slachtoffer-enquáetes 1974-1979 : verslag van een jaarlijks onderzoek naar de omvang en aard van de kleine criminaliteit in Nederland, de bereidheid van de bevolking om delicten bij de politie aan te geven en het verbaliseringsbeleid van de politi (reference)

  • Betµnkning om en unders²gelse, der kan belyse visse virkninger af fri abort (reference)

  • Om abort = Facts about legally induced abortion (reference)

  • Anti-abortus in perspectief : vechten om rechten (reference)

  • AGL : lärobok om arvs- och gåvoskatt (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: OM

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Si Din Meming Om Narkotika!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Sikrere Sex : Snakk Om Sex!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Om jeg tar en drink eller to, angår det bare meg selv". Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Si Din Mening Om Alkolol!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

GPV : om het behoud van de natie : dr. J. Blokland, lijst 8. Credit: Library of Congress.

Det drejer sig om skatterne ned : x E, Retsforbundet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fortsatt slass mot fordomar! : nu finns en lag om jamstalldhet mellan kvinnor och man : den vill vi gora battre : Folkpartiet. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: OM
 

"BMW c4" by Bas V.d Eykhof
Commentary: "A car we used on the set of "En tjuv om naten"."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: OM

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Powel Data (Norway) and OM Technology are local companies operating in these areas. (references)

The central laws protecting the environment in Sweden from pollution, noise and other harmful effects resulting from the operations of companies and individuals are The Environmental Protection Law (Miljoskyddslagen), The Health Protection Law (Halsoskyddslagen) and The Law on Chemical Products (Lagen om Kemiska Produkter). (references)

Economic History

Sweden

In Sweden the EC Council directive on public works contracts has been implemented by means of the Public Procurement Act (Lagen om offentlig upphandling, LOU). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: OM

"OM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 65.00% of the time. "OM" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)65%3955,036
Noun (proper)31.67%1980,337
Unclassified Items3.33%2245,945
                    Total100.00%60N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: OM

CountryNameCountryName
Sweden

OM AB

USA

OM Group, Inc.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: OM

Expressions using "OM": om mani padme hun om that account overenskomst om mindre skader ozonprofil om natten principen om att undvika långa meningar. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OM

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

om

10,072

om weather.c

40

om yahoo

447

msn om

38

om yahoo.c

322

om picture

36

google om

287

om weather

35

google.c om

227

om record

34

hotmail om

221

om yoga

34

hotmail.c om

183

om orbitz

32

om symbol

177

om group

31

sagan om ringen

118

jai guru deva om

28

om international llc

100

om tattoo

28

aol om

77

mail.yahoo om

28

amazon om

74

de om sagan tornen två

27

om mani padme hum

67

nick.c om

26

aol.c om

60

om namah shivaya

24

ebay om

59

cnn om

24

ebay.c om

48

olympus om

23

festival om

47

mantra om

23

om kalthoum

47

allt om stockholm

22

msn.c om

45

hindu om

22

mapquest om

43

bilder om ringen sagan

21
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: OM

Language Translations for "OM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

külsõ marker (outer marker). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

阿吽 (Aun). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アウン (Aun). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

omay.(various references)

   

Swedish

  

därför (because, consequently, for it, for that reason, hence, om that account, so, thence, therefore, thus, why). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: OM

Derivations

Words beginning with "OM": omasa, omasum, omber, ombers, ombre, ombres, ombudsman, ombudsmanship, ombudsmanships, ombudsmen, omega, omegas, omelet, omelets, omelette, omelettes, omen, omened, omening, omens, omenta, omental, omentum, omentums, omer, omers, omicron, omicrons, omikron, omikrons, ominous, ominously, ominousness, ominousnesses, omissible, omission, omissions, omissive, omit, omits, omitted, omitter, omitters, omitting, ommatidia, ommatidial, ommatidium, omniarch, omniarchs, omnibus, omnibuses. (additional references)

Words ending with "OM": abloom, accustom, angstrom, anteroom, antiatom, archdukedom, atom, axiom, bachelordom, backroom, ballroom, barroom, bathroom, bedroom, begloom, besom, bestsellerdom, bloom, blossom, boardroom, boom, boredom, bosom, bossdom, bottom, bridegroom, broadloom, broom, buxom, cardamom, carom, carrom, celom, checkroom, chefdom, chiefdom, chrisom, cimbalom, classroom, clerkdom, cloakroom, clubroom, coatroom, coelom, computerdom, condom, courtroom, custom, cymbalom, czardom, darkroom. (additional references)

Words containing "OM": abdomen, abdomens, abdomina, abdominal, abdominally, aboma, abomas, abomasa, abomasal, abomasi, abomasum, abomasus, abominable, abominably, abominate, abominated, abominates, abominating, abomination, abominations, abominator, abominators, accelerometer, accelerometers, accommodate, accommodated, accommodates, accommodating, accommodatingly, accommodation, accommodational, accommodationist, accommodationists, accommodations, accommodative, accommodativeness, accommodativenesses, accommodator, accommodators, accompanied, accompanies, accompaniment, accompaniments, accompanist, accompanists, accompany, accompanying, accomplice, accomplices, accomplish, accomplishable. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "OM"

Words ending with "Om": BOM, Nom, Swom. (additional references)

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Anagrams: OM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: mo.

 Words containing the letters "m-o"
 

+1 letter: dom, mho, moa, mob, moc, mod, mog, mol, mom, mon, moo, mop, mor, mos, mot, mow, nom, ohm, oms, pom, rom, som, tom, yom.

 

+2 letters: ambo, ammo, amok, atom, bomb, boom, coma, comb, come, comp, corm, demo, dome, doms, doom, dorm, doum, foam, form, from, glom, holm, home, homo, homy, limo, loam, loom, mako, mano, mayo, memo, meno, meou, meow, mhos, milo, miso, moan, moas, moat, mobs, mock, mocs, mode, modi, mods, mogs, moil, mojo, moke, mola, mold, mole, moll, mols, molt, moly, mome, momi, moms, monk, mono, mons, mony, mood, mool, moon, moor, moos, moot, mope, mops, mopy, mora, more, morn, mors, mort, mosh, mosk, moss, most, mote, moth, mots, mott, moue, move, mown, mows, moxa, mozo, muon, noma, nome, noms, norm, ogam, ohms, omen, omer, omit, ovum, oxim, poem, pome, pomp, poms, prom, roam, romp, roms, room, shmo, smog, soma, some, sumo, tomb, tome, toms, toom, umbo, whom, womb, worm, zoom.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Images: Digital Art
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Company Usage
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Abbreviations
14. Acronyms
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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