AM
See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"
Translingual
English
Adjective
AM (not comparable)
- (timekeeping) Initialism of Anno Mundi. (Latin for in the year of the world)
Coordinate terms
(Anno Mundi):
Adverb
AM (not comparable)
- (sometimes lower case, often punctuated) Initialism of ante meridiem (borrowed from Latin); before noon.
Translations
before noon — see a.m.
Noun
AM (countable and uncountable, plural AMs)
- (education) Initialism of Artium Magister.
- (education) Initialism of Master of Arts.
- (UK politics, historical) Initialism of Assembly Member. (A title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly.)
- (property law) Initialism of automated mapping. (Used in conjunction with Facilities Managements abbreviations (AM/FM).)
- Member of the Order of Australia.
- (communication, broadcasting) Initialism of amplitude modulation.; contrasted with FM
- (manufacturing) Initialism of additive manufacturing.
- 2015, Steven E. Kuehn, "I'm Printing Your Prescription Now, Ma'am", Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, September 2015, Putnam Media, page 7:
- The system, says Freeman is currently being used to assess exactly how AM powders pack and flow to ensure process efficiency and consistent product quality.
- 2015, Steven E. Kuehn, "I'm Printing Your Prescription Now, Ma'am", Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, September 2015, Putnam Media, page 7:
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Latin ante meridiem; this is sometimes given in French as derived from the French translation, avant (“before”) midi (“noon”), instead of directly from Latin.
German
Pronunciation
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Noun
AM n (strong, genitive AMs or AM, no plural)
- (software, development) Acronym of Anwendungsmanagement.
Portuguese
Spanish
Further reading
- “AM”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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