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English

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Noun

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HMS

  1. (military, nautical) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Ship (prefix for ships in the navy of a monarchy, such as the British Royal Navy).
    Coordinate terms: USS, FS, IJN, RFS, ROKS, ROCS
  2. (postage) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Service.
    Synonym: OHMS
  3. (mathematics) Initialism of hour-minute-second.:
    1. A format for writing decimal angles.
      36.24° = 36° 14' 24"
    2. A 24 or 12-hour time format that includes seconds, in addition to hours and minutes.
      14:37:12 = 14:37 (2:37 pm) and 12 seconds
    3. A format for writing decimal time, usually associated with base-10 time such as during the French Revolution.
      7.4138 base-10 decimal hours = 7h 41m 38s
  4. Initialism of hypermobility syndrome.

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Coordinate terms

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  • OHMBS (On His/Her Majesty's Britannic Service)

Anagrams

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Danish

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Noun

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HMS

  1. Abbreviation of hans/hendes majestæts skib (his/her majesty's ship). (ship prefix for the Danish navy)
    Coordinate term: KDM

Swedish

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Noun

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HMS

  1. (nautical, military) Hans Majestäts Skepp / Hennes Majestäts SkeppHSwMS – His/Her Majesty's Ship (ship prefix of the Swedish Navy (Marinen))

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