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Noun [English]

IPA: /stɛm/ Audio: en-us-stem.ogg Forms: STEMs [plural]
enPR: stĕm Rhymes: -ɛm Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} STEM (countable and uncountable, plural STEMs)
  1. (countable, physics) Acronym of scanning transmission electron microscope. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable Alternative form of: scanning transmission electron microscope
    Sense id: en-STEM-en-noun-en:physics Categories (other): Physics, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 92 8 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (uncountable, education) Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: science (extra: (and) mathematics), technology (extra: (and) mathematics), engineering (extra: (and) mathematics) Translations (acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics): ԳՏՃՄ (GTČM) (Armenian), luma (Finnish), STIM [feminine, plural] (French), MINT (German), STEM (Indonesian), CTIM (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-STEM-en-noun-en:education Categories (other): Education Topics: education Disambiguation of 'acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: STEMinism, STEMinist, STEMlord Related terms: STEAM [science, sciences, technology, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, arts, mathematics, sciences], STEMM [science, sciences, technology, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, mathematics, sciences, medicine, sciences]

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: /ˈstɛm/ [Standard-Indonesian], [ˈst̪ɛm] [Standard-Indonesian] Forms: STEM-STEM [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛm Head templates: {{id-noun}} STEM (plural STEM-STEM)
  1. acronym of sains, teknologi, enjiniring, dan matematika (“science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics”) Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: sains (extra: (“science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics”)), teknologi (extra: (“science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics”)), enjiniring (extra: (“science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics”)), dan matematika (extra: (“science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics”))
    Sense id: en-STEM-id-noun-v8u-F-OT Categories (other): Indonesian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɛm/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Indonesian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈst̪ɛm]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Indonesian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛm"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "stem"
    }
  ],
  "word": "STEM"
}

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