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Cm

Symbol, Chemistry.
curium.
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cm

centimeter; centimeters.
Also, cm.

c/m

(of capital stocks) call of more.

C.M.

Roman Catholic Church.
Congregation of the Mission.

c.m.

1.
church missionary.
2.
common meter.
3.
corresponding member.
4.
court-martial.
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World English Dictionary
cm1
 
—symbol for
centimetre

cm2
 
—the internet domain name for
Cameroon

Cm
 
—the chemical symbol for
curium

CM
 
—abbreviation for
Member of the Order of Canada

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Medical Dictionary

cm abbr.
centimeter

cM abbr.
centimorgan

Cm
The symbol for the element curium.

CM abbr.
Latin Chirurgiae Magister (Master in Surgery)

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Science Dictionary
cm  
Abbreviation of centimeter
Cm  
The symbol for curium.
curium   (kyr'ē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
Symbol Cm
A synthetic, silvery-white, radioactive metallic element of the actinide series that is produced artificially from plutonium or americium. Curium isotopes are used to provide electricity for satellites and space probes. Its most stable isotope has a half-life of 16.4 million years. Atomic number 96; melting point (estimated) 1,350°C; valence 3. See Periodic Table.
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Computing Dictionary

CM definition


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cm definition

networking
The country code for Cameroon.
(1999-01-27)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
cm
centimeter
cM
centimorgan
Cm
curium
CM

  1. Latin Chirurgiae Magister (Master in Surgery)

  2. common market

  3. countermeasure

c.m.

  1. center of mass

  2. circular mil

  3. court-martial

c/m
call of more
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cm

synthetic chemical element of the actinoid series of the periodic table, atomic number 96. Undetected in nature, curium (as the isotope curium-242) was discovered (summer 1944) at the University of Chicago by Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, and Albert Ghiorso in a plutonium isotope, plutonium-239, that had been bombarded by helium ions (alpha particles) in the 60-inch cyclotron at the University of California, Berkeley. It was the third transuranium element to be discovered

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