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Definition: M

M

Adjective

1. Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.

Noun

1. The basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards).

2. Concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solvent.

3. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.

4. The 13th letter of the Roman alphabet.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "m" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

"M" is a common misspelling or typo for: aims, me, terms.

 

Specialty Definition: M

DomainDefinition

Computing

M pref. (on units) suff. (on numbers) [SI] See {quantifiers. M$ Common net abbreviation for Microsoft, everybody's least favorite monopoly. Source: Jargon File.

Literature

M This letter represents the wavy appearance of water, and is called in Hebrew mem (water).
M Every word in the Materia more Magistralis begins with the letter m. (See C and P.)
M (initial of manslaughter). The brand of a person convicted of that offence, and admitted to the benefit of clergy. It was burnt on the brawn of the left thumb.
M in numerals is the initial of mille, a thousand.
"Whosoever prayeth for the soul of John Gower be shall, so oft as he so doth, have a M and a D days of pardon"- Gower's Tablet.
M to represent the human face. Add two dots for the eyes, thus, `M'. These dots being equal to O's, we get OMO (homo) Latin for man.
"Who reads the name,
For man upon his forehead, there the M
Had traced most plainly."
Dante: Purgatory, xxiii.
M The five M's: Mansa, Matsya, Madya, Maithuna, and Mudra (flesh, fish, wine, women, and gesticulation). The five forms of Hindu asceticism.
M or ~~~N
N in the Catechism. M is a contraction of NN (names); N is for name. The respondent is required to give his names if he has more than one, or his name if only one.
In the marriage service, M stands for mas (the man) or maritus (the bridegroom), and N for nupia (the bride).
There are some who think M stands for Mary, the patron saint of girls, and N for Nicholas, the patron saint of boys. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Space

Mega, a multiplier, x106 (million) from the Greek "megas" (great). See the entry for CGPM. (references)
 Meter (U.S. spelling; elsewhere metre), the international standard of linear measurement. (references)
 Mass. (references)

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

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Specialty Definition: 1 E1 m

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To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10 m and 100 m. See also lengths of other orders of magnitude.

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Aozora Bunko: M

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See Aozora Bunko

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Casualties of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

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Any tributes to the individuals lost in this tragedy are welcome and encouraged at our memorial site. Some articles originally posted to wikipedia have been moved there - if you are looking for such an article, please check there.

See also Missing Persons, Foreign casualties, and Survivors.

Casualties

Planes - World Trade Center - Pentagon
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

As of October 29, 2003, 2,995 people were presumed dead as a result of all four September 11 attacks. This includes the casualties at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, on the airplanes and the hijackers.

Planes

265 people killed on four planes; 232 passengers, 25 flight attendants, 8 pilots. (Note that this total includes the 19 hijackers, who reportedly boarded the planes as passengers.)

See also: Memorial wiki tributes to the occupants of each plane

World Trade Center

By October 29, 2003, 2605 people were listed as confirmed dead and 1058 bodies had been identified. (Note: this total does not include the 127 passengers and 20 crew on the two aircraft or the 10 hijackers).

The listing and memorial.

See also:

Missing Persons

The number of missing people grew to estimates as high as over 6000 in the months following the attack, but steadily declined as stories were checked and duplicate entries removed. (See Timeline of WTC missing).

As of August 2002, there were approximately 90 people who were officially missing; that is, their remains had not been identified and no family members had requested a death certificate.

Detailed listing.

Survivors

The great majority of the over 40,000 people working at the World Trade Center at the time of the attack evacuated safely, including 18 who escaped from above the impact zone in the second tower hit. By 9/20/2001 6291 people, including rescue and recovery workers, had been treated for injuries.

Detailed listing.

Pentagon

The Pentagon reports 125 staffers killed or missing, with 121 remains recovered and identified, as of Sept. 11, 2002. At least one person died later as a result of wounds incurred.

The listing and memorial.

Missing Persons

The Pentagon reports 4 staffers missing. One passenger on the airliner which hit the Pentagon was also never identified.

Detailed listing.

Survivors

88 treated at hospital.

Detailed entry.

Victim legends

Due to the very large number of World Trade Center casualties and missing persons, victim legends were a common form of September 11, Terrorist Attack urban legends. These were tales of victims who did not exist, spread by word-of-mouth and the Internet. Official sites, such as http://www.september11victims.com, contain accurate entries and are trusted content. Because Wikipedia, and many other websites allowed freely adding victims, there were no doubt many obvious fake entries. Fake victims added to these lists were often simply missing at the time of the attacks, or actually survivors of the attacks.

See also

September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack - Donations - Assistance - Memorials and Services

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Cubic metre

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The cubic metre (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. Older, now unofficial, equivalents were the stere and the kilolitre.

1 cubic metre is equal to:

See 1 E0 m³ for a comparison with other volumes, also orders of magnitude.

A cubic metre of pure water at a temperature of 4 degrees Celsius and standard atmospheric pressure has a mass close to 1000 kg (one tonne).

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Jupiter (planet)

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simple:Jupiter

Jupiter
Orbital characteristics
Avg Dist from Sol5.20336301 AU
Mean radius778,412,010 km
Eccentricity0.04839266
Revolution period11y 315d 1.1h
Synodic period398.9 days
Avg. Orbital Speed13.0697 km/s
Inclination1.30530°
Number of satellitess62+
Physical characteristics
Equatorial diameter142,984 km
Surface area6.41×1010 km2
Mass1.899×1027 kg
Mean density1.33 g/cm3
Surface gravity23.12 m/s2
Rotation period9h 55.5m
Axial tilt3.12°
Albedo0.52
Escape Speed59.54 km/s
Surface temp
minmeanmax
110 K 152 K N/A K
Atmospheric characteristics
Atmospheric pressure70 kPa
Hydrogen>81%
Helium>17%
Methane0.1%
Water vapor0.1%
Ammonia0.02%
Ethane0.0002%
Phosphine0.0001%
Hydrogen sulfide<0.0001%

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and, by far, the largest within our solar system; some have described the solar system as consisting of the Sun, Jupiter, and assorted debris. It and the other gas giants Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are sometimes referred to as "Jovian planets."

Overview

Jupiter is 2.5 times more massive than all the other planets combined, so massive that its barycenter with the Sun actually lies above the Sun's surface (1.068 solar radii from the Sun's center). It is 318 times more massive than Earth, with a diameter 11 times that of Earth, and with a volume 1300 times that of Earth. It's been termed by many a "failed star." As impresssive as it is, extrasolar planets have been discovered with much greater masses. However, it is thought have about as large a diameter as a planet of its composition can, as adding extra mass would only result in further gravitational compression. There is no clear-cut definition of what distinguishes a large and massive planet such as Jupiter from a brown dwarf but in any case it would need to be about seventy times as massive as it is to become a star. This was memorably fictionalized in Sir Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2010: Odyssey Two.

Jupiter also has the fastest rotation rate of any planet within the solar system resulting in a flattening easily seen through a telescope. Its best known feature is probably the Great Red Spot, a storm larger than Earth; the planet is perpetually covered with a layer of clouds.

Jupiter is usually the fourth brightest object in the sky (after the Sun, the Moon and Venus; however at times Mars appears brighter than Jupiter, while at others Jupiter appears brighter than Venus). It has been known since prehistoric times. Galileo Galilei's discovery, in 1610, of Jupiter's four large moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto (now known as the Galilean moons) was the first discovery of a celestial motion not apparently centered on the Earth. It was a major point in favor of Copernicus's heliocentric theory of the motions of the planets; Galileo's outspoken support of the Copernican theory got him in trouble with the Inquisition.

Physical characteristics

Planetary Composition

Jupiter is, essentially, composed of a relatively small rocky core, surrounded by metallic hydrogen, surrounded by liquid hydrogen, which is surrounded by gaseous hydrogen. There is no clear boundary or surface between these different phases of hydrogen; the conditions blend smoothly from gas to liquid as one descends.

Atmosphere

Jupiter's atmosphere is composed of ~86% hydrogen and ~14% helium (by number of atoms, the atmosphere is ~75%/24% by mass; with ~1% of the mass accounted for by other substances - the interior contains denser materials such that the distribution is ~71%/24%/5%). The atmosphere contains trace amounts of methane, water vapour, ammonia, and "rock". There are also negligible amounts of carbon, ethane, hydrogen sulfide, neon, oxygen, phosphine, and sulfur. This atmospheric composition is very close to the composition of the solar nebula. Saturn has a similar composition, but Uranus and Neptune have much less hydrogen and helium.

Jupiter's upper atmosphere undergoes differential rotation, an effect first noticed by Cassini (1690). The rotation of Jupiter's polar atmosphere is ~5 minutes longer than that of the equatorial atmosphere. In addition, bands of clouds of different latitudes flow in opposing directions on the prevailing winds. The interactions of these conflicting circulation patterns cause storms and turbulence. Wind speeds of 600km/hr are not uncommon.

The outermost layer of the atmosphere contains crystals of frozen ammonia.

Planetary Rings

Jupiter has a faint planetary ring system composed of smoke-like dust particles knocked off of its moons by meteor impacts. The main ring is made of dust from the satellites Adrastea and Metis. Two wide gossamer rings encircle the main ring, originating from Thebe and Amalthea. There is also an extremely tenuous and distant outer ring that circles Jupiter backwards. Its origin is uncertain, but this outer ring might be made of captured interplanetary dust.

Magnetosphere

Jupiter has a very large and powerful magnetosphere. In fact, if you could see Jupiter's magnetic field from Earth, it would appear five times as large as the full moon in the sky despite being so much farther away. This magnetic field collects a large flux of particle radiation in Jupiter's radiation belts, as well as producing a dramatic gas torus and flux tube associated with Io.


Voyager 1 took this photo of the planet Jupiter on January 24, while still more than 25 million miles (40 million kilometers) away. ()

The exploration of Jupiter

A number of probes have visited Jupiter, all of them American in origin. Pioneer 10 flew past Jupiter in December of 1973, followed by Pioneer 11 exactly one year later. Voyager 1 flew by in March 1979 followed by Voyager 2 in July of the same year. The Galileo probe went into orbit around Jupiter in 1995, dropping a smaller subprobe into Jupiter's atmosphere and conducting multiple flybys of all of the Galilean moons. The Galileo probe also witnessed the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter as it approached the planet in 1994, giving a unique vantage point for this spectacular event. After the discovery of a liquid ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa and the end of the Galileo probe, which was deorbited in September 2003, NASA is planning a mission dedicated to the icy moons. JIMO the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter is expected to be launched sometime after 2012.

Jupiter's Moons


Jupiter's 4 Galilean moons, in a composite image comparing their sizes and the size of Jupiter (Great Red Spot visible). From the top, they are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.

The orbits of Io, Europa and Ganymede form a pattern known as a Laplace resonance; for every four orbits that Io makes around Jupiter, Europa makes exactly two orbits and Ganymede makes exactly one. This resonance causes the gravitational effects of the three moons to distort their orbits into elliptical shapes, since each moon receives an extra tug from its neighbors at the same point in every orbit it makes. The tidal force from Jupiter, on the other hand, works to circularize their orbits. This constant tug of war causes regular flexing of the three moons' shapes, Jupiter's gravity stretching the moons more strongly during the portion of their orbits that are closest to it and allowing them to spring back to more spherical shapes when they're farther away. This flexing causes tidal heating of the three moons' cores. This is seen most dramatically in Io's extraordinary volcanic activity, and to a somewhat less dramatic extent in the geologically young surface of Europa indicating recent resurfacing.

Jupiter's moons fall into four major groups:

  1. The inner group were all discovered during the Voyager program except for Amalthea, all have diameters of less than 200 km and orbit at radii less than 200,000 km, and have orbital inclinations of less than half a degree.
  2. The Galilean moons were all discovered by Galileo Galilei, orbit between 400,000 and 2,000,000 km, and include the largest moons in the solar system.
  3. The third group were all discovered in the 20th century but before Voyager, have diameters less than 200 km, and orbit between 11,000,000 and 12,000,000 km with an orbital inclination between 26° and 29°.
  4. The outer moons were also discovered in the 20th century before Voyager, but have diameters under 50 km and orbit between 21,000,000 and 24,000,000 km. They are particularly notable for having retrograde orbits with inclinations between 147° and 163°.

It is thought that the three groups of smaller moons may each have a common origin, perhaps as a larger moon or captured body that broke up into the existing moons of each group.

In addition to the 16 moons listed below there are a further 42 tiny moons in long, eccentric, retrograde orbits around Jupiter, most no larger than a kilometer or two in diameter. All of these moons are thought to be captured asteroidal or perhaps cometary bodies, possibly fragmented into several pieces, but very little is actually known about them. The total number of known moons of Jupiter is therefore 52, currently the most of any planet in the solar system. Many additional tiny moons may exist that have not yet been discovered.

On April 4, 2003, the official moon count for Jupiter jumped to 58. The latest discoveries were made by a team led by Scott Sheppard and David Jewitt at the University of Hawaii, along with Jan Kleyna of Cambridge University. The discoveries were made using the world's two largest digital cameras at the Subaru and Canada-France-Hawaii telescopes atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii. All six newfound satellites are estimated to be about 2 kilometers wide. The same team earlier this year found the smallest known moons, a pair of 1-kilometer satellites orbiting the giant planet.

On May 15, 2003, Scott Sheppard published in the journal Nature his discovery of 23 new moons around the giant planet. This brings the total number of known moons to at least 80.

References: [1] [1]

Jupiter's natural satellites
Group Name Diameter (km) Mass (kg) Mean orbital
radius (km)		 Orbital period
1 Metis 40 (40 × 60) 9.56×1016 127,600 7.08 hours
Adrastea 20 (23 × 20 × 15) 1.91×1016 134,000 7.11 hours
Amalthea 189 (270 × 166 × 150) 7.17×1018 181,300 11.92 hours
Thebe 100 (100 × 90) 7.77×1017 222,000 16.23 hours
2 Io 3632 8.92×1022 421,600 1.76 days
Europa 3138 4.8×1022 670,900 3.55 days
Ganymede 5262 1.49×1023 1,070,000 7.16 days
Callisto 4820 1.08×1023 1,883,000 16.69 days
3 Leda 16 5.68×1015 11,100,000 238.7 days
Himalia 186 9.56×1018 11,470,000 250.6 days
Lysithea 36 7.77×1016 11,710,000 259.2 days
Elara 76 7.77×1017 11,743,000 259.7 days
4 Ananke 30 3.82×1016 20,700,000 617 days
Carme 40 9.56×1016 22,350,000 692 days
Pasiphae 50 1.91×1017 23,300,000 735 days
Sinope 36 7.77×1016 23,700,000 758 days

All Jovian moons are tidally locked with Jupiter, and therefore have the same rotational period as their orbital period.

Cometary impact

During the period July 16 to July 22, 1994, over twenty fragments of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter's southern hemisphere, providing the first direct observation of the collision of two solar system objects. It is thought that due to Jupiter's large mass and location near the inner solar system it receives the most frequent comet impacts of the solar system's planets.

Miscellaneous Information

Jupiter is also home to Jupiter Station, a fictional space station in the Star Trek universe.


The Solar System

Sun - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Asteroids - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune - Pluto - Comets - Kuiper belt - Oort cloud

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Jupiter (planet)."

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List of airports: M

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List of airports: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

M

manila

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List of Biblical names starting with M

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List of Biblical names
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - Y - Z

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List of books by title: M

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List of books in alphabetical order by title:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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List of cities in Germany starting with M

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List of cities in Germany: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

TownPopulationDistrictBundesland
Magdeburg245,500--Saxony-Anhalt
Mainz186,100--Rhineland-Palatinate
Mannheim310,500--Baden-Württemberg
Marsberg22,452HochsauerlandNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Meinerzhagen21,872Märkischer KreisNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Medebach8,434HochsauerlandNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Memmingen40,900--Bavaria
Menden59,285Märkischer KreisNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Meschede32,606HochsauerlandNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Meppen32,700EmslandLower Saxony
Minden85,900Minden-LübbeckeNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Mölln18,300LauenburgSchleswig-Holstein
Mönchengladbach266,500--North Rhine-Westphalia
Mülheim175,500--North Rhine-Westphalia
Munich (München)1,205,900--Bavaria
Münster265,100--North Rhine-Westphalia

A "--" in the district column means, that the town is a district-free town, i.e. it is by itself a district.

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List of colleges and universities starting with M

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A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
  1. Mälardalens Högskola -- see University College of Mälardalen
  2. M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology
  3. Macalester College
  4. Macon College
  5. Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)
  6. Madison Area Technical College
  7. Maebashi City College of Technology
  8. Mahanakorn University of Technology
  9. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
  10. Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune
  11. Maharishi University of Management
  12. Mahidol University
  13. Maine College of Art
  14. Maine Maritime Academy
  15. Malaspina University-College (Nanaimo, British Columbia)
  16. Malmi Business College
  17. Malone College
  18. Manatee Community College
  19. University of Manchester
  20. Manchester Metropolitan University
  21. Manhattan College
  22. Manhattanville College
  23. Manipal Institute of Technology
  24. Manitoba, University of
  25. Mankato State University
  26. Mansfield University
  27. Maple Woods Community College
  28. Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
  29. Marianopolis College
  30. Maricopa Community Colleges
  31. Marietta College
  32. Marine Institute St. John's
  33. Marist College
  34. Marlboro College
  35. Marmara University
  36. Marquette University
  37. Marshall University
  38. Martin Luther Universitat Halle-Wittenberg
  39. Mary Washington College
  40. Maryland Bible College and Seminary
  41. Maryland Institute, College of Art
  42. Marymount College
  43. Marymount University
  44. Marywood College
  45. Masaryk University
  46. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  47. Massachusetts Maritime Academy
  48. Massey University
  49. Masters College
  50. Matej Bel University
  51. Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  52. Matsuyama University
  53. Mayo College
  54. Mayo Foundation
  55. McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)
  56. McLaren School of Business
  57. McMaster University
  58. McMurry University
  59. McNeese State University
  60. Medical College of Georgia
  61. Medical College of Ohio
  62. Medical College of Wisconsin
  63. Medical University of Luebeck
  64. Medical University of South Carolina
  65. Meharry Medical College
  66. Meiji University
  67. Meisei University
  68. Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador)
  69. Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry
  70. Mendocino College
  71. Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
  72. Mercer County Community College
  73. Mercer University
  74. Mercyhurst College
  75. Meredith College
  76. Merton College, Oxford
  77. Mesa Community College
  78. Messiah College
  79. Metropolitan Community Colleges
  80. Metropolitan State College of Denver
  81. Metropolitan State University
  82. Miami Christian University
  83. Miami University, Ohio
  84. Miami-Dade Community College
  85. Michigan State University
  86. Michigan Technological University
  87. Mid-Sweden University College
  88. Middle East Technical University
  89. Middle Georgia College
  90. Middle Tennessee State University
  91. Middlebury College
  92. Middlesex University
  93. Midwestern State University
  94. Mie University
  95. Millersville University
  96. Milligan College
  97. Millikin University
  98. Mills College
  99. Millsaps College (Jackson, Mississippi)
  100. Milwaukee Area Technical College
  101. Milwaukee School of Engineering
  102. Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology
  103. Ming-Chuan College
  104. Minneapolis College of Art and Design
  105. Minot State University
  106. MiraCosta College
  107. Miramar College - San Diego College District
  108. Mississippi College
  109. Mississippi State University
  110. University of Mississippi
  111. Mississippi University for Women
  112. Mississippi Valley State University
  113. Missouri Baptist College
  114. Missouri Western State College
  115. Mitthögskolan
  116. Miyazaki International College
  117. Miyazaki Medical College
  118. Miyazaki University
  119. Model Engineering College
  120. Mohave Community College
  121. Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology
  122. Mohawk Valley Community College
  123. Molde College
  124. Monash Mt Eliza Business School
  125. Monash University
  126. Monmouth College, IL
  127. Monmouth University, NJ
  128. Montana State University - Billings
  129. Montana State University-Bozeman
  130. Montana State University-Northern Havre
  131. Montana Tech of the University of Montana
  132. Montanuniversitat Leoben
  133. Montcalm Community College
  134. Montclair State University
  135. Monterey Institute of International Studies
  136. Montreat College
  137. Moody Bible Institute
  138. Moorpark College
  139. Moraine Park Technical College
  140. Moravian College
  141. Morehouse College
  142. Morehouse School of Medicine
  143. Morris College
  144. Moscow Bauman State Technical University
  145. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
  146. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
  147. Moscow State University
  148. Mount Allison University
  149. Mount Holyoke College
  150. Mount Ida College
  151. Mount Royal College
  152. Mount Saint Mary College
  153. Mount Saint Mary's College
  154. Mount Saint Vincent University
  155. Mount Union College
  156. Mountain View College
  157. Muhlenberg College
  158. Murdoch University
  159. Muroran Institute of Technology
  160. Murray State University
  161. Musashi Institute of Technology
  162. Musashi University
  163. Muscatine Community College
  164. Muskingum College

See also : Colleges and universities

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List of Japanese authors:M

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List of Japanese authors

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List of people by name: M

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm-Mn - Mo - Mp-Mt - Mu - Mv-Mz

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List of people by name: Ma

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm - Mn - Mo - Mp - Mq - Mr - Ms - Mt - Mu - Mv - Mw - Mx - My - Mz

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List of people by name: Mc

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm - Mn - Mo - Mp - Mq - Mr - Ms - Mt - Mu - Mv - Mw - Mx - My - Mz

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List of people by name: Me

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm - Mn - Mo - Mp - Mq - Mr - Ms - Mt - Mu - Mv - Mw - Mx - My - Mz

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List of people by name: Mi

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm-Mn - Mo - Mp-Mt - Mu - Mv-Mz

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List of people by name: Mj

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm - Mn - Mo - Mp - Mq - Mr - Ms - Mt - Mu - Mv - Mw - Mx - My - Mz

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List of people by name: Mk

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm - Mn - Mo - Mp - Mq - Mr - Ms - Mt - Mu - Mv - Mw - Mx - My - Mz

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List of people by name: Ml

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm - Mn - Mo - Mp - Mq - Mr - Ms - Mt - Mu - Mv - Mw - Mx - My - Mz

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List of people by name: Mm-Mn

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm-Mn - Mo - Mp-Mt - Mu - Mv-Mz

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List of people by name: Mo

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm-Mn - Mo - Mp-Mt - Mu - Mv-Mz

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List of people by name: Mp-Mt

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm - Mn - Mo - Mp-Mt - Mu - Mv-Mz -

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List of people by name: Mu

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm - Mn - Mo - Mp-Mt - Mu - Mv-Mz

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List of people by name: Mv-Mz

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ma - Mb - Mc - Md - Me - Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm - Mn - Mo - Mp - Mq - Mr - Ms - Mt - Mu - Mv-Mz

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List of rare diseases starting with M

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This list of rare diseases was originally taken from the NIH public domain resource at http://ord.aspensys.com/asp/diseases/diseases.asp .

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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List of songs by name: M

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List of songs by name: 0 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
  1. "Mack the Knife" - Louis Armstrong
  2. "Mack the Knife" - Bobby Darin
  3. "Mack the Knife" - Ella Fitzgerald
  4. "Mack the Knife" - Frank Sinatra
  5. "Madrigal" - A Farewell to Kings by Rush
  6. "Mad At You" - Joe Jackson
  7. "Making Plans for Nigel" - XTC
  8. "Man In The Street" - Joe Jackson
  9. "Man Out Of Time" - Elvis Costello
  10. "Man That I've Become" - Nick Lowe
  11. "Manic Monday" - The Bangles
  12. "Manoeuvers" - Graham Parker
  13. "Mansion On The Hill" - Bruce Springsteen
  14. "Marie Provost" - Nick Lowe
  15. "Marooned" - The Division Bell by Pink Floyd
  16. "Mary Lou" - Bruce Springsteen
  17. "Mary Queen Of Arkansas" - Bruce Springsteen
  18. "Matilda Mother" - Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd
  19. "Matty Groves" - Fairport Convention
  20. "Maureen" - Nick Lowe
  21. "Maybellene" - Chuck Berry
  22. "Me and the Boys" - NRBQ
  23. "Me And You (Against The World)" - Joe Jackson
  24. "Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go!)" - XTC
  25. "Meet on the Ledge" - Fairport Convention
  26. "Meeting Across The River" - Bruce Springsteen
  27. "Memphis" - Joe Jackson
  28. "Memphis In the Meantime" - John Hiatt
  29. "Men Called Uncle" - Elvis Costello
  30. "Mercedes Benz" - Janis Joplin
  31. "Mighty Rivers" - Graham Parker
  32. "Millennium" - Robbie Williams
  33. "Miracle Man" - Elvis Costello
  34. "Miss Macbeth" - Elvis Costello
  35. "Missing" - Bruce Springsteen
  36. "Moods For Moderns" - Elvis Costello
  37. "Moonlight Shadow" - Mike Oldfield
  38. "Motel Matches" - Elvis Costello
  39. "Mother Of The Bride" - Billy Bragg
  40. "Mouth Almighty" - Elvis Costello
  41. "Moving The Goalposts" - Billy Bragg
  42. "Murder Incorporated" - Bruce Springsteen
  43. "Museum of Stupidity" - Graham Parker
  44. "Music to Watch Girls By" - Andy Williams
  45. "Must I Paint You A Picture" - Billy Bragg
  46. "Mustapha Dance" - The Clash
  47. "My Beautiful Reward" - Bruce Springsteen
  48. "My Best was never good enough" - The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen
  49. "My City Of Ruins" - Bruce Springsteen
  50. "My Dark Life" - Elvis Costello
  51. "My Heart Hurts" - Nick Lowe
  52. "My Hometown" - Bruce Springsteen
  53. "My House" - Joe Jackson
  54. "My Love Will Not Let You Down" - Bruce Springsteen
  55. "My Science Fiction Twin" - Elvis Costello
  56. "Mystery Dance" - Elvis Costello

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M

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The thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, M, represents the bilabial nasal consonant sound [m] in Classical languages as well as the modern languages. It derives its shape from the Greek &Mu or &mu. Semitic Mem originally pictured water, in all probability.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Mike represents the letter M in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

In context, M is also:

Two-letter combinations starting with M:

Words beginning with the letter M, suitable for teaching children the alphabet

  • magic
  • make-believe
  • man
  • marble
  • Mary
  • me
  • melody
  • melon
  • mermaid
  • merry-go-round
  • messy
  • Mexico
  • Michael
  • Mickey Mouse
  • milk
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  • mommy
  • monkey
  • monster
  • morning
  • motorcar
  • mouse
  • music

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    M (1931 movie)

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    M is a 1931 film noir directed by Fritz Lang in which a serial killer, played by Peter Lorre, preys on children; the police and criminal underground both work to stop him. M was the first starring role for Peter Lorre, and it boosted his career, even though he was typecast as a villain for years after.

    The tune Peter Lorre was whistling was "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg.

    The film was based in part on the stories of Jack the Ripper and the Vampire of Düsseldorf and is consistently in the top 50 of the Internet Movie Database's top 250 films.

    The movie was remade in 1951, failing to leave a mark on audiences.

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    M (James Bond)

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    M - the code letter for James Bond's boss and fictional head of the British Secret Intelligence Service MI6.

    In the Bond books M is named as Admiral Sir Miles Messervy (the name, hinted at throughout the series, was finally revealed in The Man with the Golden Gun, Ian Fleming's final Bond novel). In the movies he is not named, but various hints indicate that he is intended to be the same person.

    In the books M clearly has a liking for Bond, and they have obviously had a long professional relationship. M bends the rules for Bond on several occasions. At one point Bond attempts to assassinate M, as a result of extreme Soviet brainwashing, but M insists that Bond is rehabilitated rather than punished. In Colonel Sun M is kidnapped, and Bond goes to great lengths to rescue him. In the post-Fleming books M protects Bond even more from the new, less aggressive, climate in the Secret Service, saying that 'sometime this country will need a blunt instrument'. In the movies the relationship is similar, although Judi Dench's M is initially distrustful of Bond.

    In the movies the part of M was played by Bernard Lee from the first movie, Dr. No, until Moonraker (1979). The character did not appear in For Your Eyes Only (1981), and was subsequently played by Robert Brown and then Judi Dench. Robert Brown's character is intended to be the same person played by Bernard Lee. Judi Dench clearly plays a new person appointed to the position of M, possibly Barbara Mawdsley, who is named as a female M in the later Bond books.

    The M in the Bond books is believed to have been a composite character based on Rear-Admiral John Godfrey (Ian Fleming's former boss in the Department of Naval Intelligence), Maxwell Knight, former head of counter-subversion in MI5 and Maurice Buckmaster, head of the F Section of the SOE.

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    Magnitude

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    In science, magnitude refers to the numerical size of something: see orders of magnitude.

    In mathematics, the magnitude of an object is a non-negative real number, which in simple terms is its length.

    In astronomy, magnitude refers to the logarithmic measure of the brightness of an object, measured in a specific wavelength or passband, usually in optical or near-infrared wavelengths: see apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude.

    In geology, the magnitude is a logarithmic measure of the energy released during an earthquake. See Richter scale.

    Real numbers

    The magnitude of a real number is usually called the absolute value or modulus. It is written | x |, and is defined by:

    | x | = x , if x ≥ 0
    | x | = -x , if x < 0

    This gives the number's "distance from zero". For example, the modulus of -5 is 5.

    Complex numbers

    Similarly, the magnitude of a complex number, called the modulus, gives the distance from zero in the Argand diagram. The formula for the modulus is the same as that for Pythagoras' theorem.

    | x + iy | = √ ( x² + y² )

    For instance, the modulus of -3 + 4i is 5.

    Euclidean vectors

    The magnitude of a vector of real numbers in a Euclidean n-space is most often the Euclidean norm, derived from Euclidean distance: the square root of the dot product of the vector with itself:

    where u, v and w are the components. For instance, the magnitude of [4, 5, 6] is √(42 + 52 + 62) = √77 or about 8.775.

    General vector spaces

    A concept of length can be applied to a vector space in general. This is then called a normed vector space. The function that maps objects to their magnitudes is called a norm.

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    Mega

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    Mega (symbol M) is a SI prefix in the SI system of units denoting a factor of 106, ie one million; 1,000,000.

    For example, a megawatt is 1,000,000 watts.

    The prefix is sometimes applied in non-standard ways:

    "Mega", one of the most recent additions to teenage argot. It substitutes for "cool", something I used 40 years ago as a kid. Nice to see a new term. "Wow! That's mega. Much mega."

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    Metre

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    This page is about the metre as a unit of measurement. For other uses see Metre (disambiguation)

    The metre (symbol: m, spelled meter in American English) is the SI base unit of length. It is defined as the length of path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second. See 1 E0 m for comparisons of the length of a metre.

    Multiples

    SI prefixes are used to name multiples and subdivisions of the metre. The most commonly used ones are:

    kilometre = 1,000 metres
    decametre = 10 metres (rare)
    centimetre = 1/100 metre
    millimetre = 1/1000 metre
    micrometre (formerly micron) = 1 millionth of a metre
    nanometre = 1 billionth of a metre
    picometre = 10-12 of a metre
    femtometre = 10-15 of a metre

    History

    The metre was originally defined in 1791 by the French Academy of Sciences as 1/10,000,000 of the distance along the Earth's surface from the North Pole to the Equator along the meridian of Paris and on April 7, 1795 France adopted the metre as its official unit of length. Uncertainty in the measurement of that distance led the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in 1889 to redefine the metre as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of platinum-iridium kept at Sevres.

    In 1960, as lasers had become available, the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures changed the definition of metre to be the length of 1,650,763.73 wavelengths in vacuum of the orange-red emission line in the spectrum of krypton-86. In 1983 the General Conference on Weights and Measures defined the metre as the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second (that is, the speed of light in a vacuum was defined to be 299,792,458 metres per second). Since the speed of light in vacuum is believed to be the same everywhere, this definition is easier to maintain and more consistent than a measurement based on the circumference of the Earth or the length of a specific metal bar. Thus, should the bar be destroyed or lost, the standard meter can still be easily recreated in any laboratory. It also has the advantage that it can (at least in theory) be measured with far greater precision than the circumference of the earth or the distance between two lines.

    See also: SI, conversion of units

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    Minute

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    A minute is:

    The symbol for a minute is a prime (or apostrophe, or single quote). For example, fifteen minutes could be written 15'.

    The Earth turns on its polar axis through fifteen minutes of arc in every minute of time. A minute of arc at the Earth's equator is a nautical mile.

    See also the "orders of magnitude" list that contains the minute

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    Moderata samlingspartiet

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    The Moderate Coalition Party or Moderata samlingspartiet (commonly referred to as Moderaterna) is a liberal-conservative is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded as a coalition of conservative members of parliament in the Swedish Riksdag during the second half of the 19th century. In elections they where known under the name "Allmänna valmansförbundet" or the "Public election alliance". During first half of the 20th century the loose coalition was organized into a proper party and in the late 1960s the present name was adopted, replacing "Höger partiet" or the "Right-wing party" which had been in use for a number of decades.

    In the 1970s, under party leader Gösta Bohman, the traditional conservative policies had to gave way for more liberal policies especially in the economic field. This resulted in a successive upswing in the elections and Gösta Bohman became Minister of Economy in 1976. Roughly a decade later in 1991, a Moderate led government under Carl Bildt as Prime Minister had made its way to power.

    The party emphasizes personal freedom, free enterprise, and reduction of the public-sector growth rate, while still supporting most of the social benefits introduced since the 1930s. The party also supports a strong defense and Sweden's membership in the European Union. Its voter base is urban business people and professionals, but the party also attracts young voters, main-street shop owners, and, to a modest extent, blue-collar workers.

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    Mol

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    This is about the municipality in Belgium. For other uses, see Mol (disambiguation).

    Mol is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Mol proper. On January 1st, 2000 Mol had a total population of 31,683 (15,799 males and 15,884 females). The total area is 114.61 km² which gives a population density of 276.44 inhabitants per km².

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    Molar solution

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    In chemistry, a molar solution is a solution with one mole of the compound per litre of distilled, or de-ionised, water. You add the molecular mass -- sometimes called the formula mass or the relative molecular mass (RMM) -- in gramss to one litre of the water.

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    Molar volume

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    In chemistry, the molar volume of a substance is the volume of one mole of that substance. It can be computed as the substance's atomic or molecular weight, divided by its density. The SI unit for molar volume is m3.

    Thus, the SI unit of molar volume is cubic meters per mole (m3mol-1).

    Cubic centimetres (cm3) a measure of volume one million times smaller than a cubic meter, are sometimes also used, to give units of cm3mol-1.

    The molar volume is usually given for a solid substance at 298 K. Apart from temperature and density, it depends on phase and allotrope of the substance.

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    Mole (unit)

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    A mole (symbol: mol) is one of the seven SI base units. It is defined as the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon-12. When the mole is used, the elementary entities must be specified. Entities may be:

    See also chemistry and physics

    Put more colloquially, the mole is a convenient way of counting large numbers of particles. The number defined above ("as many elementary entities . . . ") is known as Avogadro's number, and is approximately 6.02 x 1023. If you are dealing with this many atoms or eggs or artichoke hearts, then you have a mole of atoms or eggs or artichoke hearts. If you have half this number of such entities, then you have half a mole of such entities.

    A mole of atoms or molecules is also called a 'gram atom' or 'gram molecule', respectively.

    Moles and calculations

    Moles are very useful in chemical calculations, as they enable the calculation of yields and other values when dealing with particles of different mass. In this example, moles are used to calculate the mass of CO2 given off when 1g of ethane is burnt. The formula involved is:

    3.5O2 + C2H6 → 2CO2 + 3H2O

    Here 3.5 moles of oxygen reacts with 1 mole of ethane, to give 2 moles of CO2 and 3 moles of H2O. Notice that the amount of moles does not need to balance on either side of the equation. This is because a mole does not count mass or the number of atoms involved, simply the number of individual particles. In our calculation it is first necessary to work out the number of moles of ethane that has been burnt. The mass of one mole of a substance is defined as being equal to its atomic or molecular mass. The atomic mass of hydrogen is 1g, and the atomic mass of carbon is 12g, so the molecular mass of C2H6 is: 2×12 + 6×1 = 30g. One mole of ethane is 30g. The amount burnt was 1g, or 1/30th of a mole. The molecular mass of CO2 (when the atomic mass of carbon is 12g, and oxygen is 16g) is: 2×16 + 12 = 44g, so one mole of carbon dioxide is 44g. From the formula we know that:

    We also know the masses of a mole of both ethane and carbon dioxide, so:

    It is necessary to multiply the mass of carbon dioxide by two because two moles are produced. However, we also know that just 1/30th of a mole of ethane was burnt. Again:

    So finally

    From "Mol":

    A measure of quantity used in chemistry (pronounced "mole"). Weight is not a very useful unit in chemistry because reactions take place between atoms (two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom makes one molecule of water) which have very different weights (one oxygen atom weighs almost 16 times as much as a hydrogen atom). The numbers of atoms in a reaction is also quite useless, because they are simply too large. Just one milliliter of water contains over 30,000,000,000,000 billion molecules.

    1 Mol = 6.02214×1023 parts. (This number is called Avogadro's number)

    Example: The relative atomic mass of nitrogen is 14u. The rule is "mol times atomic mass equals grams": 1 mol times 14u equals 14 grams

    The number of parts in a mol was originally chosen so that 14 grams of nitrogen make up one mol; however, the definition of the mol and the atomic mass unit are currently set such that one mol of carbon, which has a relative atomic mass of 12u, is exactly 12 grams. (This does lead to a small difference, because of Strong interaction)

    See also: Mole Day

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    MS SubbuLakshmi

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    Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (popularly known as M.S. or M.S.S.) is a renowned carnatic vocalist. She was born in the temple town of Madurai, India on September 16th, 1916 in a musical family. MS started learning carnatic music from a very early age and cut her first disc at the age of 10. She then began her Carnatic classical music training under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and then Hindustani classical training under Pandit Narayan Rao Vyas.

    At 17, the child prodigy made her debut at the Madras Music Academy. Since then, she has performed countless musical forms in different languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Sanskrit and Kannada.

    M.S. had a brief stint in movies too. Her most memorable role was Bhaktha Meera in Meera(1945). The movie had M.S. sing the famous Meera bhajans. Those renditions by M.S. continue to haunt listeners to this day.

    M.S. met Sadhashivam, a freedom fighter, and a faithful follower of Rajaji, in 1936 and in 1940, the two decided to marry. Their post marital life (which spanned over 50 years) had been extremely fruitful to both of them.

    M.S. traveled to London, New York, Canada, the Far East, and other places as India's cultural ambassador. Her concerts at Carnegie Hall, New York; the UN General Assembly on UN day in 1966; the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1982; and at the Festival of India in Moscow in 1987 are unforgettable landmarks in her career.

    M.S. renders the human art of singing with a spiritual quality and divine grace that enthralls and transfixes listeners, and transports them into a different world, as though cast under a spell. As a first- time foreign listener put it, "M.S. does not sing. She makes divinity manifest."

    Mahatma Gandhi was so charmed of her Meera bhajans that he proclaimed that the song Hari Tum haro Jan ki bheer (Lord, please dispel the fear in mankind) was meant for M.S. alone, and no one else -- even if she chose to recite it without music!.

    In the late 1950s, as she sang at the Ramakrishna Ashram in Delhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, was among the audience. At the end of the recital he was so moved that he bowed, and said, "What am I, a mere prime minister before a queen of music."

    While Lata Mangeshkar called her "Tapaswini", or the Renunciate, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan termed her "Swaralakshmi," or the goddess of musical notes, and Kishori Amonkar labeled her the ultimate eighth note or "Aathuvaan Sur," which is above the seven notes basic to all music.

    The awards and honors bestowed upon her are innumerable. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan(1954), and she was the first woman recipient of the Sangeetha Kalanidhi (Treasure Chest of Music) title, (1968). Then came the coveted Ramon Magsaysay award, in 1974, the Padma Vibhushan, in 1975, the Kalidasa Samman in 1988, the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 1990, and last, but not the least, the Bharat Ratna in 1998.

    With the death of her husband Sadhasivam in 1997, she stopped all her public performances.

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    Multimedia

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    Multimedia is a term used to describe multiple means of media which are used to convey information (text, audio, graphics, animation, video, and interactivity). It is also often used to describe any computer media.

    As the information is presented in various formats, multimedia enhances user experience and helps grasping information better and faster.

    Presenting information in various formats is nothing new to human beings, but multimedia specifically implies presenting information in various digital formats.

    Multimedia finds its application in various areas including, but not limited to, Education , Entertainment, Engineering, Medicine, Mathematical and Scientific Research.

    In education, multimedia is used to produce Computer Based Training courses (popularly called CBTs), reference books like encyclopedias and alamanacs.

    A CBT lets the user go through a series of presentation, text about a particular topic and associated illustrations in various information formats.

    An electronic multimedia encyclopedia can present information in better ways than a traditional encyclopedia can. So the user has more fun and learns fast. For instance, an article on World War II can include hyperlinks of countries involved in the war. When a user clicks on a hyperlink, he/she is redirected to an detailed article about that country. In addition, it can include a video on Pacific Campaign. It can also present images which are maps pertinent to World War II.

    Hyperlinks let a user access information in a non-linear fashion as opposed to print materials which are essentially linear (It is said that our brain thinks in a non-linear way). This, when added to multiple elements such as pictures, photos, audio and video can speed-up learning and improve user experience (It is also said that some people learn better by seeing than reading and some others by rather listening).

    Multimedia is heavily used in entertainment industry, especially to develop special effects in movies and animiation for cartoon characters. Multimedia games, which are software programs available either as CD-ROMs or online are a popular pastime. Some video games also use multimedia features.

    A multimedia application, in which an user actively participates, instead of just sitting as a passive recepient of information is called, Interactive Multimedia. An example is an interactive multimedia game.

    For instance, a user can play a simulated multimedia soccer match without actually being in the ground. The simulation is just an illusion, but it makes the user think that he or she plays a real match. The environment is created by using many equipments of control like headset, goggles, joystick, sensors and by coordinating various multimedia components with a technique called virtual reality. They provide an environment which is experienced by users as similar to reality. This technique is used in some arcade games and also in flight simulators, to impart training to pilots, without having to go for a real flight.

    In Engineering, especially in Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, multimedia is primarily used for designing a machinery or automobile. This lets an Engineer view a product from various perspectives, zoom critical parts and do other manipulations, before actually producing it. This is known as Computer Aided Design (CAD).

    In Medicine, doctors can get trained by looking at a virtual surgery (without it actually being performed) or they can simulate how human body is affected by diseases spread by viruses and bacteria and then develop techniques to prevent the same.

    In Mathematical and Scientific Research, multimedia is mainly used for modelling and simulation. For example, a scientist can look at a molecular model of a particular substance and manipulate it to arrive at a new substance.

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    streaming media, video, graphics, animation, Internet, Computer graphics, advertising, marketing, and virtual reality.

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    MUMPS

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    MUMPS, or simply M, is a programming language dedicated to building and managing databases. Whereas in most systems the database is the first-class citizen and a language is added on top, under M this is inverted, the language itself is the primary object, the database a "side effect" of one of the features of the language.

    M contrasts strongly with most database systems, because the system is much "lower level". For instance, whereas most database systems will include a command to find all the records matching a particular patterm, on an M system you would have to write a program to do this search and collect up the results. As you might imagine, this makes even trivial tasks much more difficult, and has led to a number of M-based programs to act as a database management system and provide these features.

    For people used to traditional database applications or database management systems, M can be a bit difficult to understand at first. However it's overwhelming speed and flexibility in dealing with many tasks that would cause problems under the relational database model leads many to claim that M is the best kept secret in the IT industry. Much of this secret seems self-imposed however, finding good introductory information on M is difficult, and the commercial side of the M market is fractured.

    History

    MUMPS started life as the Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System, developed in Octo Barnett's animal lab at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1966 & 67. Based on the then-common hierarchical database model, MUMPS added an interpreted language to standardize interacting with the data. The MUMPS team deliberately chose to write the new language with portability in mind. Another feature not widely supported in operating systems of the era was multitasking, which was also built into MUMPS itself.

    The original MUMPS system was built on a spare DEC PDP-7, but it was soon ported to a PDP-15 where it lived for some time. Developed on a government grant, MUMPS was required to be released in the public domain (no longer a requirement for grants), and was soon ported to a number of other systems including the popular PDP-8 and Data General Nova minicomputers. Word of MUMPS spread mostly through the medical community, and by the early 1970s was in widespread use, often being locally modified for their own needs.

    In 1972 various MUMPS users gathered in order to standardized the now fractured language, creating the MUMPS Users Group and MUMPS Development Committee. These efforts proved successful; a standard was complete by 1974, and by 1977 they had turned it into an ANSI standard. The group was later responsible for the change of the naming from MUMPS to M in 1990, after repeatedly seeing people reject the product out of hand due to its name. Over a decade later most people still refer to the product as MUMPS however.

    The Veteran's Administration (today known as the United States Department of Veterans Affairs) officially adopted MUMPS as the programming language to be used to implement an integrated laboratory, pharmacy, and a patient admission, tracking and discharge system in the early 1980s. The original version, the Decentralized Hospital Computer Program (DHCP) was delivered early and under budget. DHCP has been continuously extended in the years since, and is available at no cost in source code. In order to implement DHCP the VA also wrote an intermediate layer known as FileMan in MUMPS to act as a database management system.

    Today, DHCP is known as Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA). The www.hardhats.org website is the center for the international community of VistA developers and users.

    Nearly the entire VA hospital system in the United States, the Indian Health Service, and major parts of the Department of Defense hospital system (Consolidated Hospital Computer System (CHCS), different than the VA's for historical reasons) all still run the system for clinical data tracking.

    M also gained a following in the financial sector, in this case due to its much higher performance compared to traditional SQL based systems. Given similar hardware, multidimentional databases like M are typically about six times faster than SQL for transaction processing, making them ideal for online systems like banking. They also range from as-good to hundreds of times faster on queries, with more complex queries always favoring the multidimentional approach. They are also particularily good at looking up related information in other data stores "for free", a task that requires an expensive JOIN operation in SQL systems.

    DEC became interested in the widespread use of MUMPS and decided to create their own standardized version in the 1980s, known as DSM (DEC Standard MUMPS). It quickly became the de-facto standard on DEC machines, and was later ported to their DEC Alpha-based systems running both VMS and Unix. In 1990 DSM was purchased by InterSystems, who released it on a number of platforms as OpenM (although nothing about it was "open") and/or ISM (InterSystems M). Through the 1990s InterSystems started buying up other MUMPS vendors, including the other "standard" from the IBM mainframe world, MSM (Micronetics Standard MUMPS). Since then InterSystems has increasingly distanced itself from its M history, referring to its product as Caché and removing any mention of M from their literature.

    General use of M appears to be slowly disappearing. This appears to be a result of the industry's failure to provide a clear and compelling message comparing M with traditional SQL systems. There appears to be no M for SQL Programmers type introductory information available on the Internet, and the small number of books on M are difficult to find. To be truely usable, M systems require a "higher level" layer to act as a database manager, and while M is now well standardized, there is no such standard for these higher levels, adding to the confusion.

    A recent release of the industrial-quality GT.M under the GPL may help address this to some degree, by providing a single, free, target for the M community. Several database management layers are available for GT.M, and with a little effort a single suggested platform could evolve.

    Description

    M is typically an interpreted language, and shares basic syntax with common 1960s data processing languages, most notable those such as COBOL. Commands are listed one to a line with whitespace being important, and grouped into procedures (subroutines) in a fashion similar to most structured programming systems. Procedures are simply strings, so they can be easily stored in the underlying datastore, meaning that there is no need for "stored procedures" as there is in SQL – anything can be stored.

    A typical M procedure consists of several "blocks", each block separated by a lable (known as a tag in M-speak) in the first column. Calling into the procedure with no tag results in the entire procedure being run, whereas calling with a tag skips to that point. This allows programmers to place interactive commands at the top of the procedure and then tag the actual start of the code itself, allowing the procedure to be used both interactively and as a function to be called from other code (see the GRASS article for similar examples).

    One main difference between M and most other languages is that M has only a single data type, the string, which it invisibly converts into common data types such as numbers or dates. As you might expect, M includes a complete and powerful set of string manipulation commands, grouped into libraries. Automated conversion of this sort is common to many scripting languages, but is generally considered a bad thing for most languages because it can all too easily lead to mistakes that are diffcult to debug. In the case of M this would be hard to avoid however, as the underlying datastore would grow in complexity if it had to deal with different types.

    The key to the M system is that all variables are automatically multi-dimensional. For instance, this command:

    SET A="abc"

    creates the variable A and sets its value to the string. The same variable can then be used to hold additional information:

    SET A(1,2)="def"

    Will place the string def into "slot" (1,2). Slots can also be designated with strings:

    SET A("first_name")="Bob"
    SET A("last_name")="Dobbs"

    making the variables useful data stores on their own. Note that this example also demonstrates another feature of M, that assignments into variables do not erase other information already there. This makes it easy to "build up" a complex variable, using several assignments.

    M variables work in a similar fashion as with other programming languages, in that when the program exits, the value will be lost. M comes onto its own with its concept of globals, variables which are automatically and invisibly stored to the datastore. Globals appear as normal variables with the caret character in front of the name. Modifying the earlier example thus:

    SET ^A("first_name")="Bob"
    SET ^A("last_name")="Dobbs"

    will result in a new record being created and inserted in the datastore.

    One difference between M and the traditional SQL model of a database is the "level" of the commands in the language. M is a general purpose language with a datastore, whereas SQL is a language dedicated to database functions. This might sound like a minor distinction, but it is rather important to understand it. For instance, SQL includes a search function:

    SELECT * FROM user WHERE first_name like 'Bob%'

    returns a list of matching records. M has no equivalent "high level" command like SELECT, instead the programmer must construct a small routine in order to collect up the matching records returned from its lower-level functions. It should also be noted that M does not include any transaction controls, all changes to globals happen instantly, and there is no logging in the basic system. Nor does M include any sort of user-based security.

    For all of these reasons one of the most common M programs is a database management system, providing all of the classic ACID properties on top of a generic M implementation. FileMan is one such example. In the 1990s many of these layers were adapted to supporting SQL, turning most M systems into SQL systems. Although the user might be "fooled" (to some degree) into seeing the system as a SQL database, the system nevertheless retains the speed advantages of the M datastore (see below).

    A side effect of the way M evolved is that the M system includes fairly complete support for multi-tasking, multi-user, multi-machine programming. The former two features are now commonplace on most operating systems, but the later is still not cleanly supported by most systems. To demonstrate the ease of multi-machine support, consider:

    SET ^|DENVER|A("first_name")="Bob"
    SET ^|DENVER|A("last_name")="Dobbs"

    which sets up A as before, but this time on the remote machine called "DENVER". M programs are thus trivial to distribute over many machines, a feature that is still difficult on most SQL systems. This support also made it easy to expose the same sorts of distribution in the SQL (and other) layers with ease, and it's not uncommon for M systems to be a better distributed SQL solution than a "real" SQL system.

    Another use of M in more recent times has been to create object databases. By "flattening" objects into a string representation, like XML, M systems can be used to store objects. An M program then converts back and forth between the "real" objects and the string representations under it, and is able to do so much faster than similar object-relational mapping systems running over relational databases. This should be expected, if M can be used to make a SQL that's faster than SQL, making an object database that does't require conversion to and from SQL in the middle is bound to be even faster.

    The MUMPS Datastore

    In the relational model, datastores consist of a number of tables, each one holding records for some particular object (or "entity"). For instance, an address book application would typically contain tables for PEOPLE, ADDRESSES and PHONE_NUMBERS. The tables consist of a number of fixed-width columns holding one basic piece of data (like "first_name"), and each record is a row.

    In this example any row in ADDRESSES is "for" a particular row in PEOPLE. SQL does not understand the concept of "ownership" however, and requires the user to collect this information back up. SQL supports this through procedure, using the concept of a foreign key; copying some unique bit of data found in the PEOPLE table into the ADDRESS table.

    To re-create a single "real" record for the address book, the user must instruct the database to collect up the row in PEOPLE they are interested in, extract the key, and then search the ADDRESSES and PHONE_NUMBERS tables for all the rows containing this key. SQL offers a simple way to do this however:

    SELECT * from PEOPLE p, ADDRESSES a, PHONE_NUNBERS n

     WHERE p.id = a.person_id
    
   AND p.id = n.person_id
    
   AND p.first_name = "Bob"
    In this example the WHERE looks for all the a's and n's (addresses and phone numbers) that have the person's ID tag stored inside them, but only for p's named Bob.

    This trivial example already requires three lookups in different tables to return the data, which, as you might expect, is very slow. In order to improve performance, the database administrator will place an index on heavily-searched columns, in this example the person_id columns. An index consists of a column containing the data to be found, and the record number of the matching row in the table. This is the reason that tables are fixed width, so that the database can easily figure out the physical location of the record given the location of the start of the table, the length of any row, and the number of rows to skip. Without this simplification, performance of the relational model would be unusable.

    M's datastore stores only the physical locations. This means that records can be of any length, placed anywhere, and contain anything. Searching is not needed to find any record, a pointer directly to that record is easily retrieved and followed to the data in question. The physical data in an M is typically stored in a "blob" of strings, one after the other. This provides another advantage over the relational model, as empty cells do not take up room as they do in the fixed-length relational table. M databases are therefore smaller than relational ones, which is another reason for their increased performance (less disk operations).

    So why doesn't the relational model do the same thing? Historical accident. At the time the difference in speed between storage and processor was much smaller than it is today, and the cost of having the CPU follow a pointer was expensive compared to the simple arithmatic needed for an index. Today the CPU's have grown many times faster than the storage, so this cost is effectively zero. This is the main reason why multidimensional datastores outperform relational ones today, something that was not true in the 1970s when the two models were in competition.

    M globals are, in fact, indexes. Each node in the global contains a pointer to the data, just as an index does in the relational model. Unlike the relational model, where indexes are a special-purpose object included as a necessary evil used in some lookups, under M indexes are first-class citizens that are used for all data access. This is yet another reason for M's performance.

    This makes M systems particularily well suited to looking up related data, as in the example above. The equivalent M statement would be something more akin to:

    SELECT * from PEOPLE p, ADDRESSES a, PHONE_NUNBERS n

     WHERE p.first_name = "Bob"
    Related information can be stored directly in the index, in p.addresses for example. In this case no lookup is needed, PEOPLE can point directly to the addresses and phone numbers.

    The biggest consequence of this internal representation is that database operations are economical (in both disk space and execution time). M is extremely well suited to real world data, which is often 'sparse' (ie has missing fields). There is no penalty in storage space if a defined data value is not present. This is an extremely helpful feature in a clinical context.

    M includes almost no operating system specific command syntax, very few file system interface commands, and no machine specific commands. It is thus quite portable. Additionally, database manipulation code is extremely brief. A M routine implementing a complex database interaction might be a page or two of code. The equivalent in a less high level language (C, Pascal, Fortran, ...) is likely to be an order of magnitude larger. M is a highly cost effective application programming tool.

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    Mumps

    (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

    Mumps (or Epidemic parotitis) is a viral disease of humans. Prior to the development of vaccination, it was a common childhood disease worldwide, and is still a significant threat to health in the third world.

    It causes painful enlargement of the salivary or parotid glands.

    ;Causes and risks: The mumps are caused by a paramyxovirus, which is spread from person to person by saliva droplets or direct contact with articles that have been contaminated with infected saliva. The parotid glands (the salivary glands between the ear and the jaw) are usually involved. Children between the ages of 2 and 12 are most commonly infected, but the infection can occur in other age groups. In older people, other organs may become involved including the testes, the central nervous system, the pancreas, the prostate, the breasts, and other organs. The incubation period is usually 12 to 24 days.

    ;Prevention: MMR immunization (vaccine) protects against measles, mumps and rubella and should be given to children 15 months old. The vaccination is repeated in some locations between 4 to 6 years of age, or between 11 and 12 years of age if not previously given. See also immunizations - general overview.

    ;Symptoms

    face pain
    swelling of the parotid glands (neck swelling)
    fever
    headache
    sore throat
    swelling of the temples or jaw (temporomandibular area)
    Additional symptoms in males that may be associated with this disease:
    testicular pain
    testicular enlargement

    scrotal swelling

    ;Signs and tests: A physical examination confirms the presence of the swollen glands. Usually the disease is diagnosed on clinical grounds and no confirmatory laboratory testing is needed.

    ;Treatment: There is no specific treatment for mumps. Symptoms may be relieved by the application of intermittent ice or heat to the affected neck area, acetaminophen - oral for pain relief (do not give aspirin to children with a viral illness because of the risk of Reye's syndrome). Warm salt water gargles, soft foods, and extra fluids may also help relieve symptoms.

    ;Prognosis: The probable outcome is good, even if other organs are involved. Sterility in men from involvement of the testes is very rare. After the illness, life-long immunity to mumps occurs.

    ;Complications

    infection of other organ systems
    sterility in men (rare)

    ;Call your health care provider if
    Call your health care provider if you have mumps and severe headache, persistent drowsiness, eye redness, or persistent vomiting or abdominal pain develops.
    Call your health care provider if testicle pain or testicle lump occurs.

    Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if convulsions occur.

    Update Date: 08/15/01 Copied from the National Library of Medicine's Medline Plus website. Update date included for cross-reference against newer versions.
    Reformatted for Wiki-compatibility.

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mumps."

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    Music

    (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

    Broadly speaking, music is the eloquent arrangement of sound and silence. The actual definition of music is hotly contested, and sounds accepted as music vary according to historical era and culture, but it is usually held that the sounds must at least be consciously organized, either by an individual or a group.

    Most music is made of tones (symbolized by musical notes) with definite pitcheses. Different tones played one after the other constitute a melody, while tones played simultaneously make chordss and harmony. Unpitched sounds are often provided by percussion. The temporal organisation of these elements is rhythm.

    Writing music

    Music can be written in advance of a performance by a composer or songwriter. In such cases, the musician or musicians playing the piece (who may or may not also be the people who wrote it) broadly follow the instructions the composer has given them, which may be written down using musical notation in the form of sheet music. Alternatively, the music may be more-or-less made up by the performers as they go along (improvisation).

    Performing music

    Music can be performed by a single musician, or several may band together to form a musical ensemble such as a rock band or orchestra. The music they make can be heard through several media; the most traditional way is to hear it live, in the presence of the musicians. Live music can also be broadcast over the radio or television, although this experience is closer to playing back a sound recording or watching a music video. Sometimes, live performances incorporate prerecorded sounds; for example, a DJ uses records for scratching. Of course, you can also create music yourself, by singing, playing a musical instrument, or composing. Modern beginners usually try the guitar or the piano as a first instrument.

    Deaf people can experience music by feeling the vibrations in their body; the most famous example of a deaf musician is the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed many famous works even after he had completely lost his hearing. In more modern times, Evelyn Glennie, who has been deaf since the age of twelve, is a highly acclaimed percussionist.

    Education

    People take music lessons when they want to learn to play music. Musicology is a broad field charged with the historical and scientific study of music, including music theory and music history.

    Genres

    Since music is an ancient art, an extremely large number of musical genres have evolved. Among the larger genres are classical music, popular music (including rock and roll) and folk music. The term world music is applied to a wide range of music with an "ethnic" element. Ethnomusicology is the study of these genres in an anthropological context.

    See also

    nds:Musik simple:Music

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Music."

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    Nuclear isomer

    (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

    A nuclear isomer is a metastable state of an atom caused by the excitation of a proton or neutron in its nucleus so that it requires a change in spin before it can release its extra energy. Contrast this with the definition of a chemical isomer, the more common use of the word. Also contrast with the meaning of isotope, in which the difference is the number of neutrons in the nucleus. Metastable isomers of a particular atom are usually designated with an "m" (or, in the case of atoms with more than one isomer, 2m, 3m, and so on). This designation is usually placed after the atomic symbol and number of the atom (e.g., Co-58m), but is sometimes placed as a superscript before (e.g., mCo-58).

    Most nuclear isomers are very unstable, and radiate away the extra energy immediately (on the order of 10-12 seconds). As a result, the term is usually restricted to mean isomers with half-lives of 10-9 seconds or more. Quantum mechanics predicts that certain atomic species will possess isomers with unusually long lifetimes even by this stricter standard, and so have interesting properties.

    The only stable nuclear isomer is Ta-180m, which occurs naturally in tantalum at about 1 part in 8300. Its half-life is at least 1015 years, and it may in fact be entirely stable. The origin of this isomer is mysterious, though is it believed to have something to do with supernovas. When it relaxes to its base state, it releases energetic photons with wavelength of 16 nanometers -- x-ray wavelengths. There are reports that Ta-180m can be forced to release its energy by much weaker x-rays, but these are currently in scientific dispute.

    Another reasonably stable nuclear isomer (with a half-life of 31 years) is hafnium-178m, which has the highest excitation energy of any stable isomer. One kilogram of pure Hf-178-2m contains approximately 900 gigajoules of energy, or about a quarter of a kiloton. Further, all of the energy released is in gamma rays at 0.05 nanometers. As with Ta-180m, there are disputed reports that Hf-178-2m can be stimulated into releasing its energy, and as a result the substance is being studied as a possible source for gamma ray lasers. These reports also indicate that the energy is released very quickly, so that Hf-178-2m can produce extremely high powers (on the order of exawatts).

    Both of these isomers, as well as others, are currently being explored as a means of energy storage, as it is possible to "pump" standard atoms of the type into their higher states. However, all currently known methods of doing so are very inefficient, and knowledge of how to trigger a release of energy is still in its infancy.

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nuclear isomer."

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    Poker jargon starting with M

    (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

    Poker jargon:

    A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

    No jargon listed at this time

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Poker jargon starting with M."

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    Solar mass

    (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

    The solar mass is a unit of mass conventionally used by astronomers to give the mass of stars and larger objects.

    It is equal to the mass of the Sun, which is 1.9891 × 1030 kg.

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Solar mass."

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    Square metre

    (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

    A square metre (or square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 meter long.

    See also: 1 E0 m²

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    Square mile

    (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

    A square mile (symbol mi²) is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is equal to 27,878,400 square feet, 640 acres, or roughly 2½ square kilometers (2.589988 km², to be more exact).

    See also: Conversion of units In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London.

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Square mile."

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    Abbreviations & Acronyms: M

    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

    m

    		DutchMannelijkLanguage

    M

    		EnglishMemberN/A

    M

    		FinnishMega-Electrical Engineering, Meteorology & Standards

    M

    		FrenchMultiplexeurComputing

    M

    		GermanMitgliedN/A

    M

    		GreekμάξγουελMeteorology & Standards, Physics

    M

    		ItalianDivisione MarketingPublic Administration, Post & Telecom

    m

    		LatinMagnitudoGeography
    M +DutchMolecuulionChemistry, Meteorology & Standards
    3 MEnglishMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyIndustry, Mining
    D p mFrenchDésintégrations par minuteNuclear Energy & Physics
    C p mGreekκρούσεις ανά λεπτόMechanical Engineering, Meteorology & Standards
    C p mItalianImpulsi al minutoMechanical Engineering, Meteorology & Standards

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

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    Synonyms: M

    Synonyms: a thousand (adj), one thousand (adj), thousand (adj), chiliad (n), grand (n), meter (n), metre (n), molar concentration (n), molarity (n), thou (n), yard (n). (additional references)

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    Crosswords: M

    English words defined with "m": a million ♦ M roof, M-1, million ♦ Word square. (references)
    Specialty definitions using "m": Fortran M ♦ M O drive, M Technology Association ♦ V. D. M. (references)
    Non-English Usage: "M" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

    German (brokerage, m, m.), Haitian Creole (I, me, my), Hungarian (martian), Latin (Mag., magnitude, mas., masc., masculine, visual), Turkmen (rage, tremble).

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    Modern Usage: M

    DomainUsage

    Screenplays

    M! You want M Mistor Luthor (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

    I could be Agent M (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

    S - M - all. (The Cannonball Run; writing credit: Brock Yates)

    What's good for M & M Enterprises will be good for the country (Catch-22; writing credit: Buck Henry)

    Well, you could be m my date (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

    Lyrics

    Eating stale m and m's (Life Story; performing artist: Black Rob)

    OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M (Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth); performing artist: George Harrison)

    Movie/TV Titles

    Josephine M (1973)

    Embrio No. M (1971)

    Il Mio nome è Mallory... M come morte (1971)

    Dial M for Murder (1967)

    M Squad (1957)

    Song Titles

    Pop Muzik (performing artist: M)

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

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    Commercial Usage: M

    DomainTitle

    References

    • A & M Realty Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • F & M Bancorp (Maryland): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • F & M Bank Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • Glenrand M I B Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

      (more reference examples)

      

    Books

    • The Complete Book of Running for Women: Everything You Need to Know About Training, Nutrition, Injury Prevention, Motivation, Racing and Much, Much M (reference)

    • Metal Complexes in Biomimetic Chemical ReactionsN2 Fixation in Solution, Activation and Oxidation of Alkanes, Chemical M (reference)

    • Aggies: A Century of Football Tradition: The Story of 100 Years of Football at Texas A & M (reference)

    • We Are Aggies: The Texas A and m University Association of Former Students (reference)

    • We Are the Aggies: The Texas A & M University Association of Former Students (Centennial Series of the Association of Series, 7) (reference)

      (more book examples)

      

    Periodicals

      

    Theater & Movies

    • Dial M for Murder (reference)

    • Metallica - S & M with the San Francisco Symphony (Explicit Version) (reference)

    • Town&Country Crafts in Less Than 10 M (reference)

    • Metallica - S & M with the San Francisco Symphony (reference)

    • Relating to Your Dreams-More M (reference)

      (more DVD examples; more video examples)

      

    Music

      

    High Tech

    • Monster Cable Z1 MT-C10 Z1 Center Channel Affordable Audiophile Speaker Cable (10-Foot Piece M Bananas) (reference)

    • Pentax Eyepiece Blind M (reference)

    • M & S SYSTEMS FX-3000 FILTEX Advanced Three-Stage Central Vacuum (reference)

    • M & S SYSTEMS ZX-6000 FILTEX Deluxe, Ultra-Quiet, Advanced-Electronics Central Vacuum (reference)

    • M & S SYSTEMS MC-3 3 Note Door Chime Modules (reference)

      (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

      

    Consumer Goods

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

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    Image Slideshow: M

    Photos:
    M

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    Illustrations:
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    Photo Album: M

    ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

    (1) color slide shows a large ceramic pot filled with B & M Brick Oven brand baked beans. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

    (4) color slides show different types of candy. (1) group of four gummy bears, (1) group of two gum drops, (1) package of M & M's next to a few single M & M's, (1) three single M & M's. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

    Transmission electron micrograph of Candida species. CW - cell wall, PM - plasma membrane, M - mitochondria, V - vacuole, N - nucleus. Credit: CDC.

    Illustration of structure of hyphal tip. er - endoplasmic reticulum, s - septum, m - mitochondrion, n - nucleus, vgs - Golgi, r - ribosome, p - plasma membrane, v - vesicles. Credit: CDC.

    Gold coral is found below 300 m in tropical oceans. Gerardia sp. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

    Cemented ash and talus at a depth of 755 m off Hawaii. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

    ALVIN descends to its maxium depth of 4000 m (mean ocean depth is 3800 m). Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

    Figure 51. HIRONDELLE II sounding machine used by Prince Albert I of Monaco. This machine represented the evolution of a number of sounding machines used by Prince Albert I since first having a wireline machine installed on the HIRONDEL LE. The first machine was wound back in by hand, but subsequent models had stea m engines for winding in. The engineer Jules Le Blanc built these machines. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

    TIROS M mechanical and thermal test model. TIROS M was known more widely as ITOS 1. Credit: NOAA in Space.

    Judy M iller picking okra at day break on the Miller farm near Macon, MS. Credit: USDA.

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

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    Digital Photo Gallery: M
     

    "Public Bank HQ, Kuala Lumpur M" by Kasmadi Muhammad
    Commentary: "The Headquarters for Public Bank Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia."    		"Sunset - Sydney Harbour from M" by Craig Stump
    Commentary: "Manly, Sydney: Sunset - 7:10PM 3rd March 2003 - an amazing day to be on the harbour."

    Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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    Sounds Captioned with "M".

    PlayCaption
    M played on a slide-steel guitar with accompaniment; stereotypical Hawaiian sound.
    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    Historic Usage: M

    AuthorDateQuotation

    Treaty of Versailles

    		1919

    Machinery, equipment, tools and like articles of a commercial character in actual industrial use are not, however, to be demanded of Germany unless there is no free stock of such articles respectively which is not in use and is available, and then not m excess of thirty per cent. (reference)

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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    Non-Fiction Usage: M

    SubjectTopicQuote

    Health

    The viral N and L mRNAs are thought to undergo translation at free ribosomes, whereas the M mRNA is translated in the endoplasmic reticulum. (references)

    Immunoglobulin M (IgM) is the first to respond to an invading germ. IgM antibodies tend to stay in the bloodstream, where they aid in killing bacteria. (references)

    Devine, P., Doyle, C., and Lambkin, G. (1997). Combined determination of Coxiella burnetii-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgA improves specificity in the diagnosis of acute Q fever. (references)

    Business

    Of this total, $346 M represented external services. (references)

    In 1998, the call center market in France totaled $616 M (6FRF=1USD). (references)

    DaimlerChrysler’s M class is manufactured in Tuscaloosa, AL., and was initially aimed at the U.S. market. (references)

    Civil Liberties

    Greece

    In September 2000, a Thessaloniki court ruled in favor of a former Member of Parliament (M.P.), Mimis Androulakis, whose novel "M to the Power of N" was banned from circulation in seven northern prefectures in May 2000 as a "blasphemous" book because of sexual connotations regarding the relationship between Christ and Mary Magdalene. (references)

    Economic History

    Qatar

    Qatar is exporting 6 million metric tons per year (mmtpa) and 4.8 m mmtpa in 25-year contracts to Japan and Korea respectively. (references)

    Nepal

    With eight of the world's 10 highest mountain peaks--including Mt. Everest at 8,800 m (29,000 ft)-- hiking, mountain climbing, and other tourism is growing. (references)

    Travel

    Sweden

    For further information concerning entry requirements for Sweden, travelers can contact the Swedish Embassy at 1501 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone: (202) 467-2600. Sweden has no vaccination requirements. (references)

    Lexicography

    Devil's Dictionary

    		MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while. M is for Moses, Who slew the Egyptian. As sweet as a rose is The meekness of Moses. No monument shows his Post-mortem inscription, But M is for Moses Who slew the Egyptian. The Biographical Alphabet

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

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    Usage Frequency: M

    "M" is generally used as an alphabetical symbol -- approximately 47.33% of the time. "M" is used about 8,536 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
    100 Million Words    		Rank in English
    Alphabetical Symbol47.33%4,0402,438
    Noun (proper)25.85%2,2073,981
    Cardinal Number14.04%1,1996,457
    Noun (common)5.9%50311,997
    Unclassified Items5.75%49012,222
    Verb "Be" (base form)1.12%9633,456
                        Total100.00%8,536N/A

    Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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    Usage in Company Names: M

    CountryNameCountryName
    Brazil

    M Roscoe Engenharia Industria e Comercio

    		Malaysia

    A & M Realty Berhad

    Singapore

    L & M Group Investments Limited

    		South Africa

    Glenrand M I B Limited

    Sweden

    H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ)

    		USA

    F & M Bancorp (Maryland)

     (more examples...)  

    Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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    Expressions: M

    Expressions using "m": cordite M D ♦ E M F ♦ Fortran M ♦ H M S ♦ Hemoglobin M ♦ immunoglobulin M ♦ m = 0 instability ♦ M acuminata ♦ M Aipi ♦ M albula ♦ M alcicornis ♦ M Alexandrinus ♦ M alpestris ♦ M Americana ♦ M Americanus ♦ M and S configuration ♦ M angustirostris ♦ M annua ♦ M apiaster ♦ M aptera ♦ M aquatica ♦ M aquila ♦ M arundinacea ♦ M aurantiaca ♦ M auratus ♦ M Azadirachta ♦ M Azedarach ♦ M bags ♦ M bilinearis ♦ M Braziliensis ♦ M brevis ♦ M Campbellii ♦ M cancerides ♦ M cantans ♦ M Capensis ♦ M capito ♦ M Carolina ♦ M Carolinus ♦ M centuncularis ♦ M cephalus ♦ M communis ♦ M conspicua ♦ M cordata ♦ M crispa ♦ M cyaneus ♦ M dolomiei ♦ M electricus ♦ M Ensete ♦ M erminea ♦ M formicarius ♦ M Fraseri ♦ M Germanica ♦ M glauca ♦ M Gloveri ♦ M govinda ♦ M gunnellus ♦ M Helix ♦ M Hentzii ♦ M hypopitys ♦ M Indica ♦ M intertexta ♦ M Jalapa ♦ M littoralis ♦ M M ♦ M macrophylla ♦ M Malabarica ♦ M martes ♦ M Mauritiana ♦ M maurus ♦ M melodia ♦ M merganser ♦ M methysticum ♦ M molesta ♦ M moschata ♦ M nebulosos ♦ M O drive ♦ M ocellata ♦ M odorata ♦ M osphyia ♦ M Otoba ♦ M palmata ♦ M palustris ♦ M paradisiaca ♦ M piperita ♦ M proteins ♦ M pudica ♦ M purpurea ♦ M robustus ♦ M roof ♦ M rotundifolia ♦ M salmoides ♦ M sativa ♦ M saxatilis ♦ M sensitiva ♦ M Sibirica ♦ M superciliaris ♦ M surmulletus ♦ M sylvestris ♦ M Technology Association ♦ M tenuispinus ♦ M textilis. Additional references.

    Hyphenated Usage

    Beginning with "m": M-1, M-1 rifle, m-ary, M-audio, m-bits, m-city, M-Code, m-cresol, m-cu, M-day, m-derived, m-ed, M-expression LISP, M-f-i, m-fifty, m-five, m-fix, m-form, m-forty, m-four, m-future, M-glass, m-iii, M-JPEG, m-laws, M-l-c-k-e-y, m-maddy, m-made, m-manners, m-married, m-marvellous, m-me, m-mean, m-memory, m-met, M-microlight, m-m-machine, M-m-matthew, M-m-memory, m-m-mind, M-m-miss, m-m-misunderstood, M-m-m-mandy, M-m-m-orrissey, m-m-movie, m-m-much, m-m-mummy, m-m-must, m-monstrous, m-month, m-more, m-most, M-motion, m-much, m-net, m-nineteen, M-o, m-one, m-original, m-o-u-s-e, M-o-w-s-e, m-people, m-phase, m-phenylene, m-power, m-present, M-Prolog, m-scan, M-sequence, m-series, m-shape, m-sig, M-sixty-two, m-some, m-state, m-tasc, m-tense, m-tenseless, m-tenses, m-tetra(methylpyridyl)porphine, m-three, m-to, M-to-N, M-toothed, M-twenty-five, m-two, m-type, M-u-m, M-video, m-way, m-ways, m-word, m-words, m-y, M-y-y-y.

    Ending with "m": AeroBid-M, a-m, Cpi-m, da-da-da-m, datex-m, esn-m, ex-m, ha-m, H-e-m, Lap-m, M-u-m, o-h-m, oo-oo-m, Pascal-m, R-M, suk-m, vr-o-o-m.

    Containing "m": cpi-m-led, c-r-e-a-m-s, Har-r-r-ooo-m-m-f, har-r-r-r-r-o-o-o-o-m-m-m-f-f-f, Heraklith-m-original, p-r-o-g-r-a-m-m-e-d, Sx-m-view, w-o-m-a-n.

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

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    Frequency of Internet Keywords: M

    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

    m

    		25,741

    m 16

    		396

    h m

    		2,718

    m m candy

    		379

    m and m

    		1,920

    clothing h m

    		374

    texas a m

    		1,823

    texas a m commerce

    		360

    m and t bank

    		1,798

    boney m

    		355

    m and ms

    		1,381

    m t

    		334

    texas a m university

    		1,103

    u of m

    		303

    s m

    		985

    alabama a and m university

    		268

    bank i m

    		740

    chrissy m

    		264

    m w.com

    		713

    florida a and m

    		257

    i m glad

    		692

    h landing m

    		254

    m i

    		672

    m m mars

    		252

    crissy m

    		623

    m ms.com

    		215

    florida a m university

    		520

    m life

    		211

    m m.com

    		494

    i m already there

    		210

    w m

    		430

    f m bank

    		204

    f a m

    		422

    i just kid m

    		200

    b m

    		417

    m m meat

    		197

    m audio

    		416

    3 m

    		197

    when i m gone

    		404

    f m spanking

    		194
    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    Modern Translation: M

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

    Chinese 

    		  

    隻 (antimony, M for one of a pair), 齣 (M for plays), 艘 (M for warships), 盞 (abundant, bowl, dish, M for lamp, pot), 枚 (break up, hit, M for small objects, take up in both hands), 朵 (M for flowers), 杆 (M for guns, pole), 棵 (M for plants). (various references)

       

    Danish

    		  

    minitel M 10 (minitel M 10), massegodset transporteres i containerstammer, bestaaende af smaa metalcontainere paa 1,5 m's laengde og udformet som et trug (and known as pans, shaped like a gutter, the bulk product is transported in a string - small trains consisting of metal elements 1.5 m long), omega.m (Omega m), immunglobulin M (immunoglobulin M), HIV-1 subtype M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M), havet kan inddeles i den neritiske zone, som straekker sig fra kysten og ud til kanten af kontinentalsoklen, og i dybhavet eller det aabne hav (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone), Fællesskabsaktion vedrørende anvendelse af informationsteknologi og telekommunikation i sundhedssektoren-avanceret informatik på det medicinske område-sonderende aktion (Community action in the field of information technology and telecommunications applied to health care-A dvanced i nformatics in m edicine-Exploratory action), bundfaldet brunges igen i opslemning i en 0,1M TRIS-buffer,underkastes tre gange frysning og optoening og adskilles ved ultralyd (the sediment is returned to a state in suspension in 0.1 m TRIS buffer and then subjected to freezing and thawing 3 times and to ultrasonic division), afstanden mellem indbygningerne er.... (the dikes are m apart, the groins are m apart, the groynes are m apart), 1 ohm meter (Omega m). (various references)

       

    Dutch

    		  

    minitel M 10 (minitel M 10), humane immunodeficiëntie-virus type 1M groep M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M), het totale zeegebied kan worden onderverdeeld in de neritische zone of het continentale plat en in het oceaangebied, diepzee, open zee of abyssaal milieu (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone), de onderlinge afstand der kribben bedraagt ... m (the dikes are m apart, the groins are m apart, the groynes are m apart), de neerslag wordt wederom in staat van suspensie gebracht in 0,1 m tris-buffer,vervolgens driemaal bevroren en ontdooid en ultrasoon gescheiden (the sediment is returned to a state in suspension in 0.1 m TRIS buffer and then subjected to freezing and thawing 3 times and to ultrasonic division). (various references)

       

    Farsi 

    		  

    مرتبه دوازدهم یاسیزدهم , هرچیزی بشکل حرفM , سیزدهمین حرف الفبای انگلیسی . (various references)

       

    Finnish

    		  

    M-pussi (M bag), monesta moneen-suhde (M:N, many-many relationship, many-to-many, M-to-N), M-lasi (M-glass), mitalin toinen puoli (the reverse of the m), minitel M 10 (minitel M 10), Mayerin ja Schmidtin konfiguraatio (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), matkaviestintäpalvelu (m-business, mobile business), matkaviestinpalvelu (m-business, mobile business), matkapuhelinpalvelu (m-business, mobile business), M-antigeeni (M antigen), varatuomari (LL. M, Master of Laws), lääketieteen kandidaatti (Bachelor of M), ketjukoodi (chain code, M-sequence, pseudo-random binary sequence), ihmisen immuunikatovirus 1,ryhmä M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M). (various references)

       

    French

    		  

    Musée national archéologique G M Kam (G M Kam Museum), M- (M-), M 10 (minitel M 10), m cvt (m row), mégaohm (M Ω), minitel M 10 (minitel M 10), mémoire vive magnétique (M-RAM), antigène M (M antigen), Μ Ω (M Ω), European Source Term Code System (E uropean S ource Ter m Code System), courbe m (m curve), configuration type M et S (M and S configuration), 1 ohm-mètre (Omega m), Action communautaire dans le domaine des technologies de l'information et des télécommunications appliquées à la santé-Informatique avancée en médecine-Action exploratoire (Community action in the field of information technology and telecommunications applied to health care-A dvanced i nformatics in m edicine-Exploratory action), billet "mobile" (m-Ticket), jour M (M-day), association de type N:M (M-to-N), les produits en vrac sont transportés dans des rames-petits trains qui sont composés d'éléments métalliques de 1,5 m de longueur en forme de gouttière,appelés couloirs (the bulk product is transported in a string - small trains consisting of metal elements 1.5 m long), configuration à surfaces magnétiques plissées (M and S configuration), code en chaîne (M-sequence), business électronique nomade (m-business), acide m-anisique (m-anisic acid), Réseau de centres d'information sur les initiatives en matière de développement rural et sur les marchés agricoles (M odel scheme for i nformation on r ural development i nitiatives and a gricultural m arkets), virus de l'immunodéficience humaine de type 1 groupe M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M), verre M (M-glass), Système Mutuel d'Information sur les Politiques de l'Emploi (M utual I nformation S ystem on E mployment P olicies), sacs spéciaux (M bags), sacs M (M bags), lame de scie à dents en M (M-toothed saw), séries de forces électromotrices (e m f series), la mer est divisée en zone néritique ou épipélagique ou littoral ou plate-forme continentale, et zone océanique ou haute-mer (extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m), Omega m (Omega m), l'espacement des épis est de ... m (the dikes are m apart, the groins are m apart, the groynes are m apart), virus de l'immunodéficience humaine M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M), le sédiment est remis en suspension dans une solution tampon de 0,1 m tris,puis gelé et dégelé trois fois de suite et séparé par ultra-sons (the sediment is returned to a state in suspension in 0.1 m TRIS buffer and then subjected to freezing and thawing 3 times and to ultrasonic division), 1 Newton-mètre (m lambda N), lésé (adversely affected M), sac M (M bag). (various references)

       

    German

    		  

    m (brokerage, m.). (various references)

       

    Greek 

    		  

    megaohm (M Ω, megaohm), m λ N (m lambda N), M- (M-), μορφή των Mayer και Schmidt (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), Δίκτυο κέντρων πληροφόρησης για τις πρωτοβουλίες σε θέματα αγροτικής ανάπτυξης και για τις γεωργικές αγορές (M odel scheme for i nformation on r ural development i nitiatives and a gricultural m arkets, MIRIAM), το ίζημα επαναφέρεται σε κατάσταση αιωρήματος σε ρυθμιστικό διά-λυμα Tris 0,1M και μετά καταψύχεται και αποψύχεται τρεις φορές και διαχωρίζετ (the sediment is returned to a state in suspension in 0.1 m TRIS buffer and then subjected to freezing and thawing 3 times and to ultrasonic division), ταχυδρομικοί σάκκοι απευθείας αποστολής (direct bags, M bags), αλυσιδωτός κώδικας (chain code, M-sequence, pseudo-random binary sequence), απεικόνιση Μ και S (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), απεικόνιση Mayer και Schmidt (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), αντιγόνο M (M antigen), Σύστημα Αμοιβαίας Πληροφόρησης Πολιτικών Απασχόλησης (M utual I nformation S ystem on E mployment P olicies, MISEP), Σύστημα αμοιβαίας πληροφόρησης σχετικά με τις πολιτικές απασχόλησης (M utual I nformation S ystem on E mployment P olicies, MISEP), Ωμέγα (Omega), European Source Term Code System (E uropean S ource Ter m Code System, ESTER), η απόσταση μεταξύ διαδοχικών προβόλων είναι.....μέτρα (the dikes are m apart, the groins are m apart, the groynes are m apart), ohm/m (Omega m), μέτρο newton (m lambda N), ιός ανοσοανεπαρκειας ανθρώπου,τύπου1ομάδας M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M), σάκκος Μ (M bag), σάκκοι Μ (direct bags, M bags), σχέση τύπου Μ:Ν (M:N, many-many relationship, many-to-many, M-to-N), σχέση πολλά προς πολλά (M:N, many-many relationship, many-to-many, M-to-N), ύαλος Μ (M-glass), Κοινοτική δράση στον τομέα της τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών και των τηλεπικοινωνιών που εφαρμόζονται σχετικά με την υγειονομική περίθαλψη (Community action in the field of information technology and telecommunications applied to health care-A dvanced i nformatics in m edicine-Exploratory action), η θάλασσα μπορεί να χωρισθεί στην αιγιαλίτιδα ή επιπελαγική ζώνη που εκτείνεται από τις ακτές μέχρι το όριο της υφαλοκρηπίδας σε βάθος 200 μ (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone). (various references)

       

    Hungarian

    		  

    meteorológiai jelentésadás kötelezõ az. (various references)

       

    Italian

    		  

    megaohm (M Ω, megaohm), m/lineare (m row), m lambda N (m lambda N), virus dell'immunodeficienza umana di tipo 1 sottotipo M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M), 1 ohm-metro (Omega m), acido m-anisico (m-anisic acid), antigene M (M antigen), Azione comunitaria nel settore delle tecnologie dell'informazione e delle telecomunicazioni applicate all'assistenza sanitaria-Informatica avanzata in medicina-Azione esplorativa (Community action in the field of information technology and telecommunications applied to health care-A dvanced i nformatics in m edicine-Exploratory action), codice a catena (chain code, M-sequence, pseudo-random binary sequence), configurazione del tipo M più S (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), configurazione del tipo M piu S (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), elettrolitica (e m f series, electromotive force series), European Source Term Code System (E uropean S ource Ter m Code System, ESTER), il sedimento viene risospeso in TRIS 0,1 M e poi sottoposto a freezing e thawing per 3 volte e a disintegrazione ultrasonica (the sediment is returned to a state in suspension in 0.1 m TRIS buffer and then subjected to freezing and thawing 3 times and to ultrasonic division), 1 metro newton (m lambda N), vetro M (M-glass), virus dell'immunodeficienza umana M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M), Omega m (Omega m), relazione di tipo N:M (M:N, many-many relationship, many-to-many, M-to-N), relazione molti-molti (M:N, many-many relationship, many-to-many, M-to-N), Rete di centri d'informazione sulle iniziative concernenti lo sviluppo rurale e sui mercati agricoli (M odel scheme for i nformation on r ural development i nitiatives and a gricultural m arkets, MIRIAM), sacchi diretti (direct bags, M bags), sacchi M (direct bags, M bags), sacco M (M bag), sega con dentatura a M (M-toothed saw), serie delle tensioni (e m f series, electromotive force series), si suddivide il mare in zona neritica, o zoccolo continentale, e zona oceanica, o di mare aperto (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone), Sistema di mutuo scambio di informazioni sulle politiche dell'occupazione (M utual I nformation S ystem on E mployment P olicies, MISEP), l'intervallo fra i pennelli è di metri (the dikes are m apart, the groins are m apart, the groynes are m apart). (various references)

       

    Japanese Kanji 

    		  

    エマルジョン塗料 (ejaculation, emerald, emerald green, emery board, EMIfilter, emigrant, emigration, eminent, emollient, emotion, emotionalism, emulate, emulation, emulator, emulsion, emulsion paint, error, error message, error-signal, M size, medium size). (various references)

       

    Japanese Katakana 

    		  

    エムサイズ (M size, medium size). (various references)

       

    Pig Latin

    		  

    may.(various references)

       

    Portuguese

    		  

    minitel M 10 (minitel M 10), M- (M-), m cvt (m row), megaohm (M Ω, megaohm), mala M (M bag), 1 metro newton (m lambda N), 1 ohm-metro (Omega m), Acção Comunitária no domínio da Tecnologia da Informação e das Telecomunicações Aplicadas aos Cuidados de Saúde-Informática Avançada no domínio da Medicina-Acção Exploratória (Community action in the field of information technology and telecommunications applied to health care-A dvanced i nformatics in m edicine-Exploratory action), antigénio M (M antigen), codigo de cadeia (chain code, M-sequence, pseudo-random binary sequence), configuração M e S (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), configuração Mayer e Schmidt (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), European Source Term Code System (E uropean S ource Ter m Code System, ESTER), lâmina de serra com dentes em M (M-toothed saw), serviço M-bag (direct bags, M bags), sequencia M (chain code, M-sequence, pseudo-random binary sequence), serra dentada em M (M-toothed saw), vidro M (M-glass), o mar pode ser dividido em zona nerítica,que se estende até ao rebordo da plataforma continental a uma profundidade acima dos 200 metros,e zona oceânica ou alto-mar (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone), o sedimento é reposto em suspensão numa solução tampão de TRIS 0,1 M,depois selado e descongelado três vezes seguidas e separado por ultra-sons (the sediment is returned to a state in suspension in 0.1 m TRIS buffer and then subjected to freezing and thawing 3 times and to ultrasonic division), omega m (Omega m), Rede de Informação sobre as Iniciativas em matéria de Desenvolvimento Rural e sobre os Mercados Agrícolas (M odel scheme for i nformation on r ural development i nitiatives and a gricultural m arkets, MIRIAM), séries de forças electromotrizes (e m f series, electromotive force series), saco M (M bag), sacos especiais (direct bags, M bags), Sistema de Informação Mútua sobre as Políticas de Emprego (M utual I nformation S ystem on E mployment P olicies, MISEP). (various references)

       

    Russian 

    		  

    M's тринадцатая буква англ. алфавита (m 2), Ms (m 2), день начала мобилизации (M-day). (various references)

       

    Scottish

    		  

    mu'm (b, ere; precedes v. beginning with p, f), 'nan (b, f), 'nam (b, f), nam (b, f), na 'm (b, beginning with p, f), gu'm (b, f, in order that; precedes v. beginning in p), an (and precedes verbs, b, except p, except those beginning with, f, in, interrogative particle, poss.pron. their; precedes nouns except those beginning with, prep. in, the), am (and precedes verbs, b, f, f unasp., my, that, the, time, while). (various references)

       

    Serbo-Croatian

    		  

    dan početka mobilizacije (m-day). (various references)

       

    Spanish

    		  

    mAN (m lambda N), m cvt (m row), megaohm (M Ω, megaohm), minitel M 10 (minitel M 10), M- (M-), 1 metro newton (m lambda N), 1 ohmio-metro (Omega m), ácido m-anísico (m-anisic acid), Acción Comunitaria en el campo de la Tecnología de la Información y de las Telecomunicaciones Aplicadas a la Asistencia Sanitaria-Informática Avanzada en Medicina-Acción Exploratoria (Community action in the field of information technology and telecommunications applied to health care-A dvanced i nformatics in m edicine-Exploratory action), antígeno M (M antigen), código en cadena (chain code, M-sequence, pseudo-random binary sequence), configuración de Mayer y Schmidt (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), configuración de superficies magnéticas plegadas (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), configuración de tipo m y s (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), configuración M y S (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), configuración Mayer y Schmidt (M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration), el mar se divide en zona nerítica o epipelágica o litoral o plataforma continental y zona oceánica o de alta mar (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone), European Source Term Code System (E uropean S ource Ter m Code System, ESTER), vidrio M (M-glass), virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana tipo 1 grupo M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M), virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana tipo 1 variante M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M), VIH-1 variante M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M), VIH-1 grupo M (HIV-1 group M virus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M), ohm/m (Omega m), Red de Centros de Información sobre Iniciativas para el Desarrollo Rural y los Mercados Agrarios (M odel scheme for i nformation on r ural development i nitiatives and a gricultural m arkets, MIRIAM), saca M (M bag), sacas especiales (direct bags, M bags), sacas M (direct bags, M bags), serie de tensiones eléctricas (e m f series, electromotive force series), sierra dentada en M (M-toothed saw), Sistema de Información Mutua sobre Políticas de Empleo (M utual I nformation S ystem on E mployment P olicies, MISEP), el sedimento se suspende en una solución tampón de 0,1 M TRIS, después se congela y descongela tres veces y se separa con ultrasonido (the sediment is returned to a state in suspension in 0.1 m TRIS buffer and then subjected to freezing and thawing 3 times and to ultrasonic division). (various references)

       

    Swedish

    		  

    M-säck (M bag), M-antigen (M antigen), många-till-många-förhållande (M:N, many-many relationship, many-to-many, M-to-N), slumptal (chain code, M-sequence, pseudo-random binary sequence, RAND), PBRS-generator (chain code, M-sequence, pseudo-random binary sequence), korrugerad torus (bumpy torus, corrugated torus, M and S configuration, Mayer and Schmidt configuration). (various references)

       

    Turkish

    		  

    seferberlik günü (m-day, mobilization day). (various references)

       

    Welsh

    		  

    haeddiannol (m erited, meritorious). (various references)

    Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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    Ancestral Language Translations: M

    LanguagePeriodTranslations
    Latin500 BCE-Modern

    astus, exempoator, fundator, magnitudo, motus-us, ortus, praefatus-i, socius-i. (various references)

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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    Bible Trace: M

    LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 22, Verse 35
    Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai ephrwthsen eiV ex autwn nomikoV peirazwn auton kai legwn
    Latin405VulgateEt interrogavit eum unus ex eis legis doctor temptans eum
    Old English990West Saxon& an þe wæs þare lage lareow axodehine. & fandede hine þus cweðende.
    Middle English1395WyclifAnd oon of hem, a techere of the lawe, axide Jhesu, and temptide him,
    Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd one of them which was a doctoure of lawe axed a question teptinge h m and sayinge:
    Jacobean English1611King JamesThen one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
    Victorian English1833WebsterThen one of them who was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
    Basic English1964OgdenAnd one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

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

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    Matched Bible Translations: M

    LanguageMatthew Chapter 22, Verse 35
    CebuanoUg usa kanila, nga batid sa kasugoan, may gipangutana kaniya aron sa pagsulay kaniya.
    Croatiana jedan od njih, zakonoznanac, da ga iskuša, upita:
    DanishOg en af dem, en lovkyndig, spurgte og fristede ham og sagde:
    DutchEn een uit hen, zijnde een wetgeleerde, heeft gevraagd, Hem verzoekende, en zeggende:
    Finnishja eräs heistä, joka oli lainoppinut, kysyi häneltä kiusaten:
    Frenchet l`un d`eux, docteur de la loi, lui fit cette question, pour l`éprouver:
    GermanUnd einer unter ihnen, ein Schriftgelehrter, versuchte ihn und sprach:
    Haitian CreoleYonn ladan yo ki te dirèktè lalwa mande li:
    Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSeorang dari mereka, yaitu seorang guru agama, mencoba menjebak Yesus dengan suatu pertanyaan.
    Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka seorang dari antara mereka itu, seorang fakih, menyoal Yesus hendak mencobai Dia, katanya,
    Manx GaelicAs denee fer jeu ard-ynsit 'sy leigh, question jeh, dy phrowal eh, gra,
    MaoriNa ka ui tetahi o ratou, he kaiako i te ture, ka whakamatautau i a ia, ka mea,
    Norwegianog en av dem, en lovkyndig, spurte for å friste ham:
    Portuguesee um deles, doutor da lei, para o experimentar, interrogou- o, dizendo:   
    RumanianWi unul din ei, un knvqyqtor al Legii, ca sq -L ispiteascq, I -a pus kntrebarea urmqtoare:
    ShuarTura chikichik Pariséu jintintin asa Jesusan uyumtikiataj tusa aniasmiayi
    SwahiliMmoja wao, mwanasheria, akamwuliza Yesu kwa kumjaribu,
    Swedishoch en av dem, som var lagklok, ville snärja honom och frågade:
    UmaHadua ngkai laintongo' -ra, hadua guru agama, mperao mpo'opa petompoi' Yesus hante pompekunea' -na, na'uli':

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

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    Anagrams: M

    Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

     Words containing the letters "m"
     

    +1 letter: am, em, hm, ma, me, mi, mm, mo, mu, my, om, um.

     

    +2 letters: aim, ama, ami, amp, amu, arm, bam, bum, cam, cum, cwm, dam, dim, dom, elm, eme, emf, ems, emu, fem, gam, gem, gum, gym, ham, hem, him, hmm, hum, imp, ism, jam, lam, lum, mac, mad, mae, mag, man, map, mar, mas, mat, maw, max, may, med, meg, mel, mem, men, met, mew, mho, mib, mid, mig, mil, mim, mir, mis, mix, moa, mob, moc, mod, mog, mol, mom, mon, moo, mop, mor, mos, mot, mow, mud, mug, mum, mun, mus, mut, nam, nim, nom, ohm, oms, pam, pom, ram, rem, rim, rom, rum, sim, som, sum, tam, tom, umm, ump, vim, yam, yom, yum.

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

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    INDEX

    1. Definition
    2. Synonyms
    3. Crosswords
    4. Usage: Modern     		5. Usage: Commercial
    6. Images: Slideshow
    7. Images: Photo Album
    8. Images: Digital Art     		9. Sounds
    10. Quotations: Historic
    11. Quotations: Non-fiction
    12. Usage Frequency     		13. Names: Company Usage
    14. Expressions
    15. Expressions: Internet
    16. Translations: Modern     		17. Translations: Ancient
    18. Bible Trace
    19. Abbreviations
    20. Acronyms     		21. Anagrams
    22. Bibliography


      

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