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Definition: M3 |
M3Noun1. A measure of the money supply; M2 plus deposits at institutions that are not banks (such as savings and loan associations). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "M3" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | M3 A macro processor, forerunner of M4, for the AP-3 minicomputer. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Census | (Survey of Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders) An economic indicator program that shows changes in manufacturing. (Manufacturing and Construction Division). (references) |
Finance | A category of the money supply that includes M2 in addition to all large time deposits, institutional money-market funds, short-term repurchase agreements and certain other large liquid assets. Source: European Union. (references) |
| M2 plus large denomination time deposits at all depository institutions, large denomination term repurchase agreements, and shares in money market mutual funds restricted to institutional investors. (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 |
M3 | English | Survey of manufacturers'shipments,inventories,and orders | Statistics |
M3 | Finnish | Rahan tarjonnan indikaattori 3 | Finance |
M3 | French | Masse monétaire M3 | Statistics |
M3 | German | Weit definiertes Geldmengenaggregat:Geldmenge M2 zuzüglich Spareinlagen inländischer Nichtbanken mit gesetzlicher Kündigungsfrist bei inländischen Kreditinstituten | Finance |
M3 | Italian | Aggregato monetario M3 | Statistics |
| Kmol m3 | English | Kilomoleper Cubic Metre | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: M3 |
| Specialty definitions using "M3": air turbolamp, Atkinson ♦ Beien machine ♦ combined power station and seawater desalination plant, cusec, cutterhead pipeline dredge ♦ demountable tank, duty of the miner's inch ♦ fan drift doors, fluid ton ♦ high-expansion foam, hoppit ♦ Joy microdyne ♦ m4, miner's inch ♦ Receptors, Muscarinic, rock weight, rocker dump car ♦ second-foot, shaft-sinking power supply, sluice head, standard air density, sugar-tube method, surface air leakage ♦ tread tractor, turbocompressor ♦ Valentine scale. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "M3" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (cubic meter, m3). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In 1999 it manufactured over 33,000 m3 of lumber, and the production capacity was constantly being increased. (references) | |
In total, there are 397 wastewater treatment facilities in the Leningrad Oblast with the total design capacity of 629 million m3 annually. (references) | ||
The growth of M3, a carefully watched indicator, has recently fallen, staying within the Bundesbank's target range for the fourth month in a row. (references) | ||
Economic History | Denmark | Oil production amounted to 22.11 million m3, corresponding to a daily production of 364,000 barrels of oil. (references) |
Denmark | The oil reserves as per January 1st, 2001 are estimated to be 299 million m3, corresponding to the largest reserves ever recorded. (references) | |
Denmark | According to Danish Energy Agency forecasts, production in 2001 will amount to just under 21 million m3 of oil, whereafter production will fall. (references) | |
Trade | New Zealand | In June 1996, 2.2% of the M3 Financial Institutions assets were comprised of GNZ securities and 86% were comprised of loans to New Zealanders (residential and business). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "M3" is generally used as an alphabetical symbol -- approximately 84.38% of the time. "M3" is used about 128 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 |
| Alphabetical Symbol | 84.38% | 108 | 31,306 |
| Unclassified Items | 15.63% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Total | 100.00% | 128 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
bmw m3 | 1,660 | 1998 bmw m3 | 36 |
m3 | 492 | indosat m3 | 36 |
bmw m3 picture | 92 | bmw e46 m3 | 35 |
2004 bmw m3 | 89 | 2002 bmw m3 | 34 |
2003 bmw m3 | 81 | bmw m3 convertible | 34 |
bmw m3 csl | 76 | m3 body kit | 33 |
bmw m3 wallpaper | 75 | m3 wallpaper | 32 |
bmw m3 e30 | 63 | e36 m3 | 32 |
e46 m3 | 55 | used bmw m3 | 30 |
csl m3 | 52 | 1999 bmw m3 | 29 |
e30 m3 | 50 | bmw m3 coupe | 29 |
1995 bmw m3 | 49 | access m3 | 27 |
m3 mirror | 47 | access.com m3 | 26 |
bmw new m3 | 47 | 1997 bmw m3 | 26 |
bmw m3 e36 | 44 | leica m3 | 25 |
bmw m3 pic | 44 | 2004 m3 | 25 |
m3 forum | 40 | 2001 bmw m3 | 23 |
bmw body kit m3 | 39 | m3 picture | 23 |
bmw m3 for sale | 37 | bmw m3 photo | 23 |
bmw m3 gtr | 36 | gtr m3 | 23 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "M3"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | for en mængde på 30 mCi 131 I pr.3 mE spildvand pr.dag kræves der ti halveringstiders henfald,d.v.s.80 dage,foer MTK(MPC)-den maksimalt tilladelige koncentration-er nået (for a quantity of 3O mc of iodine-131 per 3 m3 of waste water per day ten half-lives of decay are required). (various references) | |
Dutch | bij een hoeveelheid van 3O mc J 131 per 3 m3 afvalwater per dag moet als vervaltijd een periode van 10 x de halveringstijd worden genomen ; m. a. w. het duurt 8O dagen tot de MTC - maximaal toelaatbare concentratie - is bereikt (for a quantity of 3O mc of iodine-131 per 3 m3 of waste water per day ten half-lives of decay are required). (various references) | |
Finnish | rahan tarjonnan indikaattori 3. (various references) | |
French | mètre cube, m3, m**3, 1 mètre cube. (various references) | |
German | m3 (cubic meter), weit definiertes Geldmengenaggregat:Geldmenge M2 zuzüglich Spareinlagen inländischer Nichtbanken mit gesetzlicher Kündigungsfrist bei inländischen Kreditinstituten, 1 kubikmeter (cubic meter). (various references) | |
Greek | m3 (cubic meter), κυβικό μέτρο (stere). (various references) | |
Italian | M3 (cubic meter), aggregato monetario M3 (broad money, liquid liabilities), 1 metro cubo (cubic meter). (various references) | |
Portuguese | m3 (cubic meter), 1 metro cúbico (cubic meter). (various references) | |
Spanish | m3 (cubic meter), agregado monetario M3, 1 metro cúbico (cubic meter). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Abbreviations | 9. Acronyms 10. Bibliography |
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