Ms

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Ms/mɪz/

▶noun a title used before the surname or full name of a woman regardless of her marital status (a neutral alternative to Mrs or Miss).

– origin 1950s: combination of Mrs and miss2.

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MS/emˈes/

▶abbreviation

• 1 manuscript.

• 2 Master of Science.

• 3 Master of Surgery.

• 4 Mississippi (in official postal use).

• 5 multiple sclerosis.

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M1 (also m)

▶noun (pl. Ms or M's)

• 1 the thirteenth letter of the alphabet.

• 2 denoting the next after L in a set of items, categories, etc.

• 3 the Roman numeral for 1,000. [from L. mille.]

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M2

▶abbreviation

• 1 Cricket (on scorecards) maiden over(s).

• 2 male.

• 3 Malta (international vehicle registration).

• 4 medium (as a clothes size).

• 5 mega-.

• 6 Astronomy Messier (catalogue of nebulae).

• 7 Chemistry (with reference to solutions) molar.

• 8 used with following numeral in measures of money supply.

• 9 Monsieur.

• 10 (in UK road designations) motorway.

▶symbol Physics mutual inductance.