TBM

Domain	Definition
Geological	TBM header record. The TBM Header contains data type and selection parameters. A terabit is equal to one trillion bits. (TeraBit Memory). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

TBM is an abbreviation of:

theatre ballistic missile
tunnel boring machine

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
TBM	English	Temporary Bench Mark	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Domain	Title
References	TBM Holdings, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Tbm Tunneling in Jointed and Faulted Rock (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Tbm - Tunnel Business Magazine (reference) (more periodical examples)
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	Seaman 1st Class Leonard A. Cassidy spots model aircraft on the ship's "ouija board" hangar and flight deck planning boards, in response to the telephoned orders of air officers. The nearer board represents the flight deck, with the hangar deck board behind it. Aircraft types represented include F6F, TBM and SB2C. The original color transparency was received by the Naval Photographic Science Laboratory on 15 June 1945. Credit: NAVY.		Ships in Kerama Retto anchorage spread an anti-kamikaze smoke screen, 3 May 1945, seen from USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83). TBM and FM-2 aircraft are on her flight deck. Ship in left center is USS Pinkney (APH-2), which had been damaged by a Kamikaze on 28 April. Photographed by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Oliver E. Pfeiffer. Credit: NAVY.
	Recovering aircraft during operations in the South China Sea, January 1945. Three F6F "Hellcat" fighters are flying overhead as a TBM "Avenger" torpedo plane approaches at left. Photographed from USS New Jersey (BB-62) by Lieutenant Commander Charles Fenno Jacobs, USNR. Credit: NAVY.		Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighters on the flight deck, as a TBM torpedo plane approaches to land, circa 1943-44. Photographed by Commander Edward Steichen, USNR. Note open elevator well in the foreground and flight deck crewmen chocking wheels of the F6Fs. Credit: NAVY.
	Landing aircraft while supporting the Gilberts Operation, 22 November 1943. A TBM "Avenger" torpedo plane is on the flight deck, aft, while another is flying overhead. Credit: NAVY.		Burning aft after she was hit by a Kamikaze, while operating off the Philippines on 30 October 1944. Flight deck crewmen are moving undamaged TBM torpedo planes away from the flames as others fight the fires. USS Franklin (CV-13), also hit during this Kamikaze attack, is afire in the distance. Credit: NAVY.
	A TBM "Avenger" torpedo plane landing on board the carrier, at the time of the Marshalls-Gilberts raids, November-December 1943. Note flight deck barrier rigged in the foreground. Credit: NAVY.		Ship's Marines line up on the flight deck for physical drill, circa mid-1943. Planes on the flight deck include F6F, SBD and TBM types. Note "SK" radar antenna mounted on the stub mast between the stacks and inflatable life belts worn by many of the men on deck. Credit: NAVY.
	TBM "Avenger" bombers prepare to take off from USS Monterey (CVL-26) to attack targets on Tinian, June 1944. Credit: NAVY.		Flies a long "Homeward Bound" pennant as she departs the Western Pacific for overhaul in San Francisco, California, 13 April 1945. She had been operating in the combat zone since January 1944. View looks aft from the ship's island, with her SK-1 radar antennna at left and other shipping in the distance. Aircraft on Cabot's deck include (from right front): OS2U, SOC, TBM, SB2C, F4U and F6F types. Credit: NAVY.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Currently, it is increasing production of its seven-seat TBM 700 single-engine turboprop from 3 to 4 a month to keep pace with growing demand. (references)
		The different programs are the TB 09, TB 10, TB 200, TB 20, TB 21 and TBM 700. The TBM700 mono-turbine business aircraft have 60% of their sales in the United States. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"TBM" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 96.55% of the time. "TBM" is used about 29 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)	96.55%	28	65,706
Adjective (general or positive)	3.45%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	29	N/A

Country	Name
USA	TBM Holdings, Inc.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words containing the letters "b-m-t"
	+1 letter: tomb.
	+2 letters: ambit, thumb, tombs.
	+3 letters: ambits, bantam, batman, batmen, bemata, bemist, bemixt, besmut, betime, bottom, combat, entomb, gambit, intomb, numbat, submit, tambac, tambak, tambur, thumbs, timbal, timber, timbre, tombac, tombak, tombal, tombed, tomboy, tumble, tymbal, wombat.
	+4 letters: ambient, bantams, baptism, basmati, bathmat, batsman, batsmen, bedmate, bedtime, bemists, benempt, besmuts, bethump, betimes, bevomit, bimetal, bismuth, bitumen, boatman, boatmen, bombast, boomlet, bottoms, bromate, brutism, bumboat, bummest, cambist, combats, combust, dumbest, embrute, entombs, gambits, gumboot, imbrute, intombs, lambast, lambent, lambert, limbate, mastaba, megabit, mistbow, mobster, mutable, mutably, numbats, numbest, outbeam, stewbum, stibium, stumble, subatom, subitem, submits, symbiot, tamable, tambacs, tambaks, tambala, tambour, tambura, tamburs, temblor, terbium, thimble, thrombi, thumbed, timbale, timbals, timbers, timbral, timbrel, timbres, tomback, tombacs, tombaks, tombing, tombola, tombolo, tomboys, tremble, trembly, tumbled, tumbler, tumbles, tumbrel, tumbril, tymbals, wombats.
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