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Etymology 1

num

  1. The ordinal number thirteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations. # (stenoscript) Abbreviation of am. # (stenoscript) Abbreviation of him. # (stenoscript) Abbreviation of my and mine. # (stenoscript) Abbreviation of many. # (stenoscript) the prefix mis-. # (stenoscript) the prefix im-.

adj

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of masculine.

noun

  1. Abbreviation of meter.
  2. Abbreviation of mile.
  3. Abbreviation of month.
  4. Abbreviation of minute.
    Another instance: 2ʰ28ᵐ p. m., 10 micra; 3ʰ08ᵐ p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3ʰ09ᵐ p. m., 4 micra. 1908, Francis Ernest Lloyd, The Physiology of Stomata, Carnegie Institution of Washington, page 83
  5. Abbreviation of million.
    The final started with £85m worth of striking talent on the bench as Carroll was a Liverpool substitute and Chelsea's Fernando Torres missed out on a starting place against his former club. May 5, 2012, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport
  6. Abbreviation of minim (“unit of volume”).
  7. (music) Abbreviation of measure.
  8. (obsolete) thousand
    Having made a divorce with politics as I have already mentioned I have only to trouble you on my personal affairs ... —The principle & most pressing is that of the 9. m. dollars 1798 Letter from w:William Short (American ambassador) to Thomas Jefferson

verb

  1. (knitting) make
    Row 1 (RS): Kfb, knit to marker A, slip marker A, knit to marker B (there are no sts to knit between markers A and B in Row 1), m1, slip marker B, k1, slip marker B, m1, […] 2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 232

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