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AUM

Definition: AUM

AUM

Noun

1. Same as Aam.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: AUM

DomainDefinition

Computing

A'UM A stream-based, concurrent, logic, object-oriented language by K. Yoshida and Takashi Chikayama , built on top of KL1. ["A'UM - A Stream-based Concurrent Logic Object-Oriented Language", K. Yoshida et al, Proc 3rd Intl Conf Fifth Gen Comp Sys, Springer 1988, pp. 638-649]. (2000-07-16). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Agriculture

Animal unit month. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: AUM

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

AUM

EnglishAdaptive user modelN/A

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

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Synonyms within Context: AUM

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: AUM

Etymologies containing "AUM": Om. (references)

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Commercial Usage: AUM

DomainTitle

Books

  • Aum Shinrikyo: Japan's Unholy Sect (reference)

  • Aum Shinrinka: A Chinese Mystery (reference)

  • Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism (reference)

  • Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo (reference)

  • The Cult at the End of the World: The Terrifying Story of the Aum Doomsday Cult, from the Subways of Tokyo to the Nuclear Arsenals of Russia (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: AUM

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Japan

The laws are subject to review, including possible repeal, in 2005. The Public Security Investigation Agency placed Aum Shinrikyo/Aleph under continuous surveillance for a 3-year period on January 31, 2000, on the basis of one of the new laws. (references)

Japan

Following the 1995 Aum Shinrikyo terrorist attacks, a 1996 amendment to the Religious Corporation Law gave government authorities increased oversight of religious groups and required greater disclosure of financial assets by religious corporations. (references)

Japan

The only group under active government surveillance is the Aum Shinrikyo, which the Government considers to be a continuing public danger; it was renamed Aleph formally in 2000. Aum Shinrikyo lost its legal status as a religious organization in 1996 following its sponsorship of terrorist attacks. (references)

Human Rights

Japan

In the complex case of the Aum Shinrikyo 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, the trials of seven senior members of the group were still underway in district courts at year's end. (references)

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

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Expression: AUM

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "AUM": Aum-gmbh.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AUM

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

aum

322

aum wallpaper

4

aum shinrikyo

29

aum supreme truth

4

aum symbol

29

aum library

4

aum picture

15

aum continuing education

3

aum om

11

aum patcharapa

3

aum hindu

9

aum sai sri

3

aum tattoo

7

aum inc

2

aum meaning

6

aum om symbol

2

aum kyo shinri

6

aum montgomery

2

aum inc.com

5

aum scroll

2

aum sign

5

aum sign symbol

2

aum samael weor

4

aum impression print symbolic

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AUM

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

Afrikaans

  

aam. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

amao. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

アウ 真理教 (acacia, academia, academy, account, accountability, accounting, Aeroflot, Aum Shinrikyou religious group, aura, owl). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アウ し"りきょう (Aum Shinrikyou religious group). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aumay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: AUM

Derivations

Words ending with "AUM": gaum, imaum, lebensraum, meerschaum. (additional references)

Words containing "AUM": gaumed, gauming, gaums, heaume, heaumes, imaums, lebensraums, liebfraumilch, liebfraumilchs, maumet, maumetries, maumetry, maumets, meerschaums, naumachia, naumachiae, naumachias, naumachies, naumachy, posttraumatic, staumrel, staumrels, thaumaturge, thaumaturges, thaumaturgic, thaumaturgies, thaumaturgist, thaumaturgists, thaumaturgy, trauma, traumas, traumata, traumatic, traumatically, traumatise, traumatised, traumatises, traumatising, traumatism, traumatisms, traumatization, traumatizations, traumatize, traumatized, traumatizes, traumatizing. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: AUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: amu.

Words within the letters "a-m-u"

-1 letter: am, ma, mu, um.

 Words containing the letters "a-m-u"
 

+1 letter: alum, amus, arum, duma, gaum, maud, maul, maun, maut, mura, puma.

 

+2 letters: album, algum, almud, almug, alums, amour, ampul, amuck, amuse, arums, aurum, datum, douma, dumas, dumka, dunam, fanum, gamut, gaums, gumma, haulm, human, imaum, larum, magus, manus, maqui, mauds, mauls, maund, mauts, mauve, miaou, miaul, mudra, mulla, mural, muras, murra, musca, oakum, pumas, qualm, ramus, rumba, sagum, sumac, summa, ulama, ulema, umbra, umiac, umiak, umiaq, unarm, unjam, unman, wamus, yamun.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Abbreviations
9. Acronyms
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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