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Definition: ABM |
ABMNoun1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles; "the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | ABM Asynchronous Balanced Mode. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ABM | English | Associated British Maltsters | N/A |
ABM | French | Alliance baptiste mondiale | N/A |
ABM | German | Querab | Transportation |
ABM | Greek | ισότιμος ασύγχρονος τρόπος λειτουργίας | Post & Telecom |
ABM | Italian | Al traverso di | N/A |
ABM | Swedish | Asynkron balanserad mod | N/A |
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Synonym: ABMSynonym: antiballistic missile (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: abeam (transportation), Activity Based Management (public administration), antiballistic missile (military & defense), anti-ballistic missile, Associated British Maltsters (food & agriculture, economics), asynchronous balanced mode (post & telecom), Australian Bureau of Meteorology (geography), Authentication Billing Manager (computing), automated batch mixing. |
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Economic History | Russia | Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin also agreed at this Summit to begin discussions on START III and the ABM Treaty. (references) |
Latvia | Russia withdrew its troops by August 31, 1994, and will maintain several hundred technical specialists to staff an OSCE-monitored phased-array ABM radar station at Skrunda until the facility is dismantled no later than 1999. (references) | |
Russia | On July 23, 1999, the President signed into law H.R. 4, the National Missile Defense (NMD) Act of 1999. We are continuing substantive discussions with Russia on START III, in parallel with discussions on changes to the ABM Treaty. (references) | |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Unfortunately, there is a stubborn contingent of policy-makers who insist on abiding by the obsolete ABM Treaty and support only extremely limited missile defenses, or even none at all. |
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| "ABM" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "ABM" is used about 18 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 83.33% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | ABM Industries Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abm | 159 |
abm amro | 36 |
abm industry | 23 |
abm treaty | 14 |
abm ambro | 12 |
abm file | 12 |
abm mortgage | 11 |
abc abm | 8 |
abm amro mortgage | 8 |
abm industry inc | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ABM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | Traité sur la limitation des systèmes de missiles antimissiles (ABM Treaty), Traité sur la limitation des syst?mes de missiles antimissiles (ABM Treaty), Traité ABM (ABM Treaty). (various references) | |
German | ABM-Vertrag (ABM Treaty, Antiballistic Missile Treaty, Treaty on the Limitation of Antiballistic Missile Systems), Vertrag über die Begrenzung der Systeme zur Abwehr ballistischer Flugkörper (ABM Treaty, Antiballistic Missile Treaty, Treaty on the Limitation of Antiballistic Missile Systems, Treaty on the limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 弾"弾迎'ミサイル (anti-ballistic missile). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "どう "'い'きミサイル (anti-ballistic missile). (various references) | |
Korean | 대탄도 미사일. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abmay.(various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ABM": abmho, abmhos. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ABM": cabman, cabmen, crabmeat, crabmeats. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bam. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-m" | |
-1 letter: ab, am, ba, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-m" | |
+1 letter: ambo, balm, bams, barm, beam, bema, bima, blam, gamb, iamb, jamb, lamb, mabe. | |
+2 letters: abamp, abeam, abmho, abohm, aboma, abysm, album, amber, ambit, amble, ambos, ambry, ameba, balms, balmy, barms, barmy, beams, beamy, bemas, bimah, bimas, blame, blams, bream, embar, embay, gamba, gambe, gambs, iambi, iambs, jambe, jambs, lambs, lamby, limba, mabes, mamba, mambo, maybe, mbira, rumba, samba, sambo, umbra. | |
+3 letters: abamps, abloom, abmhos, abohms, abomas, abysms, akimbo, albums, ambage, ambari, ambary, ambeer, ambers, ambery, ambits, ambled, ambler, ambles, ambush, amebae, ameban, amebas, amebic, amoeba, aplomb, baalim, badman, badmen, bagman, bagmen, balsam, bamboo, bammed, bantam, barium, barman, barmen, barmie, batman, batmen, bayamo, bayman, baymen, beamed, becalm, became, bedamn, bedlam, beldam, bemata, bemean, bemoan, bename, bigamy, bimahs, blamed, blamer, blames, bombax, bowman, brahma, breams, bregma, bromal, brumal, busman, byname, cabman, cabmen, camber, cambia, combat, crambe, crambo, cymbal, embalm, embank, embark, embars, embays, ferbam, flambe, gambas, gambes, gambia, gambir, gambit, gamble, gambol, gimbal, iambic, iambus, imbalm, imbark, jambed, jambes, jumbal, labium, labrum, lambda, lambed, lamber, lambie, limbas, lumbar, mambas, mambos, marble, marbly, maybes, mbiras, mihrab, mimbar, mobcap, numbat, pablum, ramble, rhumba, rumbas, sambar, sambas, sambos, sambur, tambac, tambak, tambur, timbal, tombac, tombak, tombal, tymbal, umbrae, umbral, umbras, wamble, wambly, wombat. | |
+4 letters: abdomen, abomasa, abomasi, abysmal, albumen, albumin, alembic, ambages, ambaris, ambeers, ambient, amblers, ambling, amboina, ambones, amboyna, ambries, ambroid, ambsace, amebean, ameboid, amiable, amiably, amoebae, amoeban, amoebas, amoebic, aplombs, armband, baalism, baculum, bagworm, balmier, balmily, balsams, bambini, bambino, bamboos, bamming, bantams, baptism, bariums, barmaid, barmier, barroom, baseman, basemen, basmati, bathmat, batsman, batsmen, bayamos, bazooms, beadman, beadmen, beamier, beamily, beaming, beamish, becalms, becharm, bedamns, bedeman, bedlamp, bedlams, bedmate, beldame, beldams, bellman, bemadam, bemeans, bemoans, benamed, benames, beshame, besmear, beswarm, bimetal, bimodal, biomass, birdman, blamers, blaming, boatman, boatmen, bogyman, bohemia, bombard, bombast, bondman, bookman, brahmas, bramble, brambly, breamed, brecham, bromals, bromate, buckram, bulimia, bumboat, bushman, bynames, cabomba, cambers, cambial, cambism, cambist, cambium, cambric, caramba, cembali, cembalo, chamber, clamber, clubman, combats, crambes, crambos, cymbals, embalms, embanks, embargo, embarks, embassy, embayed, emblaze, embrace, eyebeam, ferbams, fibroma, fimbria, flambee, flambes, gambade, gambado, gambias, gambier, gambirs, gambits, gambled, gambler, gambles, gamboge, gambols, gambrel, gimbals, goombah, goombay, hambone, hamburg, iambics, imbalms, imbarks, imblaze, jambeau, jambing, jobname, jumbals, kalimba, labarum, labrums, lambast, lambdas, lambent, lambers, lambert, lambier, lambies, lambing, lambkin, limbate, lumbago, lumbars, macaber, macabre, macumba, mailbag, mailbox, makable, mamboed, mamboes, mangaby, marabou, marbled, marbler, marbles, marimba, mastaba, maybush, megabar, megabit, mihrabs, mimbars, minable, minibar, minicab, minilab, misbias, mixable, mobcaps, movable, movably, mutable, mutably, namable, numbats, outbeam, pablums, pabulum, pembina, rambled, rambler, rambles, rhabdom, rhumbas, rumbaed, sambaed, sambars, sambhar, sambhur, sambuca, sambuke, samburs, scumbag, shamble, sjambok, subatom, sunbeam, tamable, tambacs, tambaks, tambala, tambour, tambura, tamburs, timbale, timbals, timbral, tomback, tombacs, tombaks, tombola, tymbals, umbonal, umbrage, wambled, wambles, wombats. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 42 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000010 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A B M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0042 004D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)353647 |
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