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"AMS" is a plural of: am. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | AMS Andrew Message System. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Agriculture | Aggregate measure of support; Agricultural Marketing Service. (references) |
Census | (Address Management System) The information system the USPS maintains to support its internal address operations and external customer products such as the ZIP+4, carrier route, and delivery sequence files that are based on potential address ranges. The new (1993-94) AMS II incorporates individual delivery point addresses and their delivery sequence to support USPS carrier delivery sequence sorting and commercial address services, such as Computerized Delivery Sequence. (references) |
Shipping | The U.S. Customs' "Automated Manifest System." (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
AMS | English | American Microchemical Society | N/A |
AMS | French | Assemblée mondiale de la santé | Medicine |
AMS | German | Acetylmuraminsaeure | Chemistry |
AMS | Italian | Servizio mobile aeronautico | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: AMS |
| Specialty definitions using "AMS": Aggregate measure of support ♦ Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program ♦ Mandatory price reporting, Master Inbond ♦ Partners in Quality ♦ Qualified Through Verification ♦ TLAs ♦ UBASIC. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | AMS Tobacco inspectors Jim Phipps (l) and Stella Carver inspect a bale of tobacco in a warehouse in the Danville, VA area. Credit: USDA. | ![]() | USS Merganser (AMS-26) tied up to USS Conserver (ARS-39) in Wonsan Harbor, Korea. Photographed by AFAN W.C. Newbill. The original photo is dated 23 October 1950. Note navigation bouy on Conserver's after deck and ships in background, including another AMS and a high-speed minesweeper (DMS). Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "AMS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "AMS" is used about 35 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 |
| Noun (proper) | 80% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (plural) | 20% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 35 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "AMS": Total AMS. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "AMS": pro-ams. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ams | 1,124 | ams leasing staff | 12 |
trans ams | 53 | ams services | 11 |
ams server | 36 | ams micromotor vhdl | 11 |
ams group servicing | 34 | ams loan | 11 |
trans ams for sale | 30 | ams software | 10 |
ams servicing | 27 | ams direct | 10 |
ams tech | 25 | ams intranet site web | 10 |
ams server.cfl.rr.com | 23 | pontiac trans ams | 9 |
ams usda | 21 | ams technology | 9 |
grand ams | 19 | ams sae | 9 |
ams server.tampabay.rr.com | 18 | ams.org hn | 9 |
ams music | 16 | ams computer | 8 |
ams specification | 16 | ams press | 8 |
ams gbox | 15 | ams club | 8 |
ams oil | 14 | ams mortgage | 8 |
ams support.com | 13 | ams standard | 8 |
ams inc | 13 | ams background | 8 |
ams pay tuition | 13 | ams risdon | 8 |
pontiac grand ams | 13 | ams production | 8 |
ams multi yahoo | 12 | ams login | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "AMS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | samlet aggregeret mål for støtte (Total Aggregate Measurement of Support, Total AMS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Totale Geaggregeerde Steun (Total Aggregate Measurement of Support, Total AMS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | MGS totale (Total AMS), mesure globale du soutien totale (Total AMS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | gesamtes aggregiertes Stützungsmaß (Total Aggregate Measurement of Support, Total AMS), Gesamt-AMS (Total Aggregate Measurement of Support, Total AMS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνολική αθροιστική μέτρηση ενισχύσεων (Total Aggregate Measurement of Support, Total AMS), συνολική ΑΜΕ (Total Aggregate Measurement of Support, Total AMS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | misura aggregata di sostegno totale (Total Aggregate Measurement of Support, Total AMS), MAS totale (Total Aggregate Measurement of Support, Total AMS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amsay medida global do apoio total (Total Aggregate Measurement of Support, Total AMS). (various references) Medida Global de la Ayuda Total (Total Aggregate Measurement of Support, Total AMS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "AMS": aerograms, airstreams, amalgams, anagrams, angiograms, arteriograms, ashrams, audiograms, autoradiograms, balsams, bams, bantams, barograms, beams, bedlams, beldams, bemadams, blams, bloodstreams, breams, brechams, broughams, buckrams, cablegrams, cams, candygrams, caprolactams, cardiograms, centigrams, chams, cheongsams, cholangiograms, chromatograms, chronograms, cladograms, clams, cocoyams, cofferdams, counterstreams, crams, creams, crossbeams, cryptogams, cryptograms, dams, daydreams, decagrams, decigrams, defoams, dekagrams, dendrograms. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AMS": adamsite, adamsites, camshaft, camshafts, clamshell, clamshells, damsel, damselfish, damselfishes, damselflies, damselfly, damsels, damson, damsons, dramshop, dramshops, hamster, hamsters, hamstring, hamstringing, hamstrings, hamstrung, kamseen, kamseens, kamsin, kamsins, khamseen, khamseens, khamsin, khamsins, lamster, lamsters, ramshackle, ramshorn, ramshorns, ramson, ramsons, samsara, samsaras, samshu, samshus, seamster, seamsters, seamstress, seamstresses, steamship, steamships, streamside, streamsides, teamster, teamsters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mas. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-s" | |
-1 letter: am, as, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-s" | |
+1 letter: aims, alms, amas, amis, amps, amus, arms, bams, cams, dams, gams, hams, jams, lams, macs, mads, maes, mags, mans, maps, mars, mash, mask, mass, mast, mats, maws, mays, mesa, moas, pams, rams, same, samp, scam, seam, sham, sima, slam, soma, spam, swam, tams, yams. | |
+2 letters: abysm, acmes, agism, agmas, almas, almes, alums, amahs, amass, ambos, amens, amias, amids, amies, amins, amirs, amiss, ammos, amoks, amuse, amyls, arums, atmas, atoms, balms, barms, beams, bemas, bimas, blams, calms, camas, cames, camps, chams, chasm, clams, comas, crams, cymas, dames, damns, damps, drams, dumas, exams, fames, farms, flams, foams, gamas, gambs, games, gamps, gaums, grams, haems, halms, hames, harms, iambs, imams, jambs, kames, lamas, lambs, lames, lamps, limas, loams, maars, mabes, maces, machs, macks, mages, magus, maids, mails, maims, mains, mairs, maist, makes, makos, males, malls, malms, malts, mamas, manas, manes, manos, manse, manus, marcs, mares, marks, marls, marse, marsh, marts, maser, mashy, masks, mason, massa, masse, massy, masts, mates, maths, matts, mauds, mauls, mauts, mavis, maxes, maxis, mayas, mayos, mayst, mazes, meads, meals, means, meats, mensa, mesas, miasm, micas, minas, moans, moats, molas, monas, moras, moxas, muras, musca, mynas, names, nemas, nomas, ogams, omasa, palms, pimas, plasm, prams, psalm, pumas, ramps, ramus, reams, roams, sagum, salmi, samba, sambo, samek, samps, satem, scamp, scams, scram, seams, seamy, shame, shams, shawm, sigma, simar, simas, slams, smack, small, smalt, smarm, smart, smash, smaze, smear, somas, spams, spasm, stamp, steam, stoma, sumac, summa, swami, swamp, swamy, swarm, tames, tamis, tamps, teams, trams, vamps, wames, wamus, warms, whams. | |
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