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Noun: m  em
  1. The 13th letter of the Roman alphabet
    - M, em
     
  2. The basic unit of length adopted under the Système International d'Unités (approximately 1.094 yards)
    - meter [US], metre [Brit, Cdn]
Adjective: m  em
  1. Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
    - thousand, one thousand, 1000, k
Noun: M  em
  1. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
    - thousand, one thousand, 1000, K, chiliad, G, thou, yard
     
  2. A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
    - megabyte, MB
     
  3. Concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per litre of solution
    - molarity, molar concentration
     
  4. A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
    - megabyte, mebibyte, MB, MiB

Derived forms: Ms, ms

See also: cardinal

Type of: alphabetic character, computer memory unit, concentration, large integer, letter, letter of the alphabet, metric linear unit

Part of: dam, decameter [US], decametre [Brit, Cdn], dekameter [US], dekametre [Brit, Cdn], dkm [Brit], G, GB, GiB, gibibyte, gig [informal], gigabyte, Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet

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