EM
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "em"
Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]EM
- (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the European Union Intellectual Property Office.
Usage notes
[edit]This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the World Intellectual Property Organization due to its use in the WIPO ST.3 standard, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO.
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]EM (countable and uncountable, plural EMs)
- (biology, countable) Initialism of Effective Microorganism.
- (energy) Initialism of Energy Management.
- (countable) Abbreviation of electron microscope.
- (uncountable) Abbreviation of electron microscopy.
- (uncountable) Initialism of electromagnetism.
- (criminal justice) Initialism of electronic monitoring.
- (business) Initialism of emerging market.
- (education) Initialism of English medium.
- (military) Initialism of enlisted man.
Adjective
[edit]EM (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of electromagnetic.
- 1992, Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, New York: Tor, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 315:
- Secondary drone got EM spectrum on the kill.
- 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Tsavo Highway:
- Commander, I can see most of it now. Readings are all over the EM spectrum.
Derived terms
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[edit]Finnish
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[edit]EM
- Abbreviation of Euroopan mestaruus (“European Championship”).
German
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Noun
[edit]EM f
- Initialism of Europameisterschaft (“European championship, Euros”).
- Initialism of Erwerbsminderung.
Declension
[edit]Declension of EM [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]EM n (definite singular EM-et, indefinite plural EM, definite plural EM-a)
- Initialism of europameisterskap.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]EM n
- Initialism of Europamästerskap (“European championship”); a European championship (where a European champion is established)
Usage notes
[edit]Loosely defined in general (like "American championship"), but typically involves contestants from many different European countries.
See also
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