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Definition: Tm |
TmNoun1. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Tm" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | (TM) // [Usenet] ASCII rendition of the trademark-superscript symbol appended to phrases that the author feels should be recorded for posterity, perhaps in future editions of this lexicon. Sometimes used ironically as a form of protest against the recent spate of software and algorithm patents and `look and feel' lawsuits. See also UN*X. Source: Jargon File. |
Geological | The TM is a nonphotographic imaging system which utilizes an oscillating mirror and seven arrays of detectors which sense electromagnetic radiation in seven different bands. The thematic mapper sensor is a derivative of the multispectral scanner (MSS) generation of scanners, achieving greater ground resolution, spectral separation, geometric fidelity, and radiometric accuracy. (Thematic Mapper). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
ISO 3166-2 for Turkmenistan (ISO 3166-1 : TM) The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify.Codesystem: 2-character-alphabetic
Latest change: ISO 3166-2:2002-12-10
Encoding list (5)
Regions (5)
See also
- ISO 3166-2, the reference table for all country region codes.
- ISO 3166-1, the reference table for all country codes, as used for domain names on the internet.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "ISO 3166-2:TM."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ta-Td Tc-Td - Te - Tf-Th - Ti - Tj - Tk-Tn - To - Tp-Tr - Ts-Tt - Tu - Tv - Tw-Tx - Ty - TzTk
- Tkachuk, David, Canadian senator
Tl
Tm
Tn
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of people by name: Tk-Tn."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A chemical element, in the periodic table thulium has the symbol Tm and atom number 69. It is a lanthanide.Named after Thule, an ancient Roman name for a mythical country in the far north, perhaps Scandinavia. See also Ytterby.
External Link:
Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division: Periodic Table - ThuliumPeriodic Table
- http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/69.html
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Thulium."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
TM or tm may stand for:
- trademark (™)
- Turkmenistan
- Toyota Motor Corporation
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "TM."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TM | English | ETSI Transmission and Multiplexing Technical Committee | N/A |
TM | Finnish | Turkmenistan | Geography |
TM | French | Temps de mouvement | N/A |
TM | German | Trockenmasse | Food & Agriculture, Chemistry |
TM | Greek | Τουρκμενιστάν | Geography |
TM | Portuguese | Turquemenistão | Geography |
TM | Spanish | Turkmenistán | Geography |
| Tm,TM | English | Trademark | Business |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TmSynonyms: atomic number 69 (n), thulium (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tm |
| Specialty definitions using "Tm": speed of sound ♦ transcendental meditation ♦ UN*X. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Tm" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (polysulfide rubber, thioplast, Turkmenistan). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Valley of babbling waters, southern Utah / TM ; Prang's American Chromo. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Yellowstone Lake / TM ; Prang's American Chromos. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The tower of Tower Falls, Yellowstone / TM ; Prang's American Chromo. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Hot Springs of Gardiner's River, Yellowstone / TM ; Prang's American Chromo. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Great Falls of Snake River, Idaho territory / TM ; Prang's American Chromo. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Musquito Trail, Rocky Mountains, of Colorado / TM ; Prang's American Chromo. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Great Blue Spring of the Lower geyser basin, yellowstone / TM ; Prang's American Chromo. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Grand Canon, Yellowstone / TM ; Prang's American Chromo. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Tower Falls and Sulphur Mountain, Yellowstone / TM ; Prang's American Chromo. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Aviation Fuel Truck" by Peter Skadberg Commentary: "Fuel truck tm removed. Use is free. Contact is required. Will respond to email within 24 hours." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Straus WL, Plouffe JF, File TM Jr., et al. Risk factors for domestic acquisition of legionnaires’ disease. (references) | |
Phillips LL, Lyeth BG, Hamm RL, Reeves TM, Povlishock JP. Glutamate antagonism during secondary deafferentation enhances cognition and axodendritic integrity after traumatic brain injury. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tm" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 88.31% of the time. "Tm" is used about 77 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 88.31% | 68 | 40,606 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 9.09% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.6% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 77 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | TM Century, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "Tm": TM imagery. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Tm": tm-sidhi. | |
Ending with "Tm": soyuz-tm. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tm | 245 | epson tm | 11 |
net tm | 118 | 510 black lg tm | 11 |
tm touch | 35 | homies tm | 10 |
lg tm 510 | 31 | schneider tm | 9 |
tm motorcycle | 31 | tm u200 | 9 |
java tm | 29 | 3d amd k6 processor tm | 9 |
tm vector | 29 | 5 618 tm | 9 |
audio codec dsp group tm truespeech | 23 | malaysia net tm | 9 |
net prepaid tm | 22 | tascam tm d4000 | 8 |
racing tm | 22 | lg tm 520 | 8 |
tm revolution | 20 | photo.com tm | 8 |
cobb tm | 20 | bike dirt tm | 8 |
epson tm u200 | 17 | lewin tm | 8 |
tm century | 16 | 11 303 tm | 8 |
h1700gu jvc tm | 14 | finance intra tm | 8 |
tm t88iii | 13 | tascam tm d1000 | 8 |
epson tm t88 | 13 | pokemon tm list | 8 |
army tm | 12 | mp3 revolution tm | 8 |
fm manual tm | 12 | background background body chombybk.gif images.neopets.com tm | 8 |
m4a1 tm | 12 | epson tm t88iii | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Tm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | TM-billedmateriale (thematic mapper imagery, TM imagery). (various references) | |
Dutch | beelden gemaakt met mappingsoftware (thematic mapper imagery, TM imagery). (various references) | |
Finnish | lämpökartoituskuvaus (thematic mapper imagery, TM imagery). (various references) | |
French | imagerie TM (TM imagery). (various references) | |
German | TM-Aufnahmen (thematic mapper imagery, TM imagery), Thematic-Mapper-Aufnahmen (thematic mapper imagery, TM imagery). (various references) | |
Greek | εικόνες θεματικού απεικονιστή (thematic mapper imagery, TM imagery). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 登録商標 (registered trademark), 登録商標 (registered trademark). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | とうろくしょうひょう (registered trademark). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | tmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | imagens TM (thematic mapper imagery, TM imagery). (various references) | |
Spanish | imágenes TM (thematic mapper imagery, TM imagery). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Tm": tmeses, tmesis. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Tm": abetment, abetments, absentminded, absentmindedly, absentmindedness, absentmindednesses, abutment, abutments, adjustment, adjustmental, adjustments, aftmost, alightment, alightments, allotment, allotments, anointment, anointments, apartment, apartmental, apartments, appointment, appointments, arrestment, arrestments, assortment, assortments, atma, atman, atmans, atmas, atmometer, atmometers, atmosphere, atmosphered, atmospheres, atmospheric, atmospherically, atmospherics, backcourtman, backcourtmen, batman, batmen, besetment, besetments, blastment, blastments, boatman, boatmen, cabinetmaker, cabinetmakers. (additional references) | |
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"Tm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dtm, etm, htm, mtb, mtg, mtr, Tdma, tf, tg, tim, tj, tl, tlm, tmh, tmi, tmj, tmn, tmp, tn, tp, tpm, tq, tqm, ts, tt, ttm, tvm, tw, tx, tym, tz. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "m-t" | |
+1 letter: mat, met, mot, mut, tam, tom. | |
+2 letters: atma, atom, emit, item, malt, mart, mast, mate, math, mats, matt, maut, meat, meet, melt, meta, mete, meth, milt, mint, mist, mite, mitt, mity, mixt, moat, molt, moot, mort, most, mote, moth, mots, mott, must, mute, muts, mutt, myth, omit, smit, smut, stem, stum, tame, tamp, tams, team, teem, temp, term, them, time, tomb, tome, toms, toom, tram, trim, tump. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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