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M-2

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M

2.
Music. major.
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9.
modal auxiliary.
11.
Economics. monetary aggregate: issued periodically by the Federal Reserve Board as various measures of money supply (M-1, M-1A, M-2, etc.). Compare L.
12.
British. motorway (used with a road number to designate a major highway): the M1.
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Word Origin & History

M
from Gk. mu, from Semitic mem. The Roman symbol for 1,000; sometimes used in this sense in English 15c.-16c.; but in modern newspaper headlines it stands for million.
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Medical Dictionary

M 2
abbr.

  1. molar

  2. molarity

  3. morgan

  4. myopia

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m  
Abbreviation of mass, meter
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