| millisecond; milliseconds. |
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[miz-uh
z] . | 1. | a title of respect prefixed to a woman's name or position: unlike Miss or Mrs., it does not depend upon or indicate her marital status. |
| 2. | a title prefixed to a mock surname that is used to represent possession of a particular attribute, identity, etc., esp. in an idealized or excessive way: Ms. Cooperation. |
| 1. | Commerce. months after sight. |
| 2. | motorship. |
| meter per second; meters per second. |
| 1. | modification of the stem of. |
| 2. | Commerce. months after sight. |
[em] | 1. | the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. |
| 2. | any spoken sound represented by the letter M or m, as in my, summer, or him. |
| 3. | something having the shape of an M. |
| 4. | a written or printed representation of the letter M or m. |
| 5. | a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter M or m. |
| 6. | Printing. em. |
| 1. | a master's degree given usually in a specific branch of the natural sciences, mathematics, or technology. |
| 2. | a person who has been awarded this degree. Abbreviation: M.S., M.Sc., S.M., Sc.M. |
[mis-uh-sip-ee] | 1. | a state in the S United States. 2,520,638; 47,716 sq. mi. (123,585 sq. km). Capital: Jackson. Abbreviation: MS (for use with zip code), Miss. |
| 2. | a river flowing S from N Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico: the principal river of the U.S. 2470 mi. (3975 km) long; from the headwaters of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico 3988 mi. (6418 km) long. |
| m 1 or M (ěm) n. pl. m's or M's also ms or Ms
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| mil·li·sec·ond (mĭl'ĭ-sěk'ənd) n. Abbr. ms or msec One thousandth (10-3) of a second. |
| Mis·sis·sip·pi (mĭs'ĭ-sĭp'ē) A state of the southeast United States. It was admitted as the 20th state in 1817. The first settlers in the region (1699) were French, and the area became part of Louisiana. It passed to the British (1763-1779) and then to the Spanish before being ceded to the United States in 1783. The Mississippi Territory, organized in 1798 and enlarged in 1804 and 1813, also included the present state of Alabama. Jackson is the capital and the largest city. Population: 2,920,000. Word History: In a letter dated August 27, 1863, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "the Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea," referring to General Grant's capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The sentence has all the simplicity and nobility of Lincoln's style, but Mississippi doesn't mean "Father of Waters." This colorful but false phrase first appears in print in 1812, is repeated by James Fenimore Cooper in his novel The Prairie (1827), and thereafter was in common circulation. Our name for the river has a different source. In 1666 French explorers somewhere in the western Great Lakes region recorded Messipi as their rendering of the Ojibwa name for the river they had come upon, misi-sipi, "big river." The French took the name with them as they went down Big River to its delta, and it superseded all the other names for Big River used by local Indian tribes and by earlier Spanish explorers. In 1798 Congress applied the Ojibwa name of the river to the territory of Mississippi, newly organized from lands inhabited by the Natchez, Choctaws, and Chickasaws. Still, "Father of Waters" is a happy error: "The Big River again goes unvexed to the sea" just doesn't have the right Lincolnian ring. |
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| Ms. also Ms (mĭz) n. pl. Mses. also Mses also Mss. or Mss (mĭz'ĭz)
[Blend of Miss and Mrs.] Usage Note: Many of us think of Ms. or Ms as a fairly recent invention of the women's movement, but in fact the term was first suggested as a convenience to writers of business letters by such publications as the Bulletin of the American Business Writing Association (1951) and The Simplified Letter, issued by the National Office Management Association (1952). Ms. is now widely used in both professional and social contexts. As a courtesy title Ms. serves exactly the same function that Mr. does for men, and like Mr. it may be used with a last name alone or with a full name. Furthermore, Ms. is correct regardless of a woman's marital status, thus relegating that information to the realm of private life, where many feel it belongs anyway. Some women prefer Miss or Mrs., however, and courtesy requires that their wishes be respected. |
| multiple sclerosis n. Abbr. MS A chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system in which gradual destruction of myelin occurs in patches throughout the brain or spinal cord or both, interfering with the nerve pathways and causing muscular weakness, loss of coordination, and speech and visual disturbances. |
A title used before a woman's name, pronounced “Miz” and corresponding to Mr. before a man's.
Note: Feminists have urged the use of Ms. because, unlike Miss or Mrs., it does not identify a woman by her marital status. (See feminism.)
State in the southern United States bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Louisiana and Arkansas to the west. Its capital and largest city is Jackson.
Note: Its name comes from the Mississippi River, which forms most of the state's western border.
Note: One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
ms abbr.
millisecond
MS abbr.
multiple sclerosis
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ms networking
The country code for Montserrat.
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| Ms Used as courtesy title for a woman, regardless of marital status (a blend of Miss and Mrs.) |
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