"BMI" meaning in English

See BMI in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: BMIs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BMI (plural BMIs)
  1. Initialism of body mass index. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: body mass index Translations (body mass index): LMI (Afrikaans), IMC [masculine] (Catalan), BMI [masculine] (Dutch), QI [masculine] (Dutch), IMC [masculine] (French), KMI [masculine] (German), KMZ [feminine] (German), ΔΣΒ (DSV) (Greek), BMI [neuter] (Polish), IMC [masculine] (Portuguese), ИМТ (IMT) [masculine] (Russian), IMC [masculine] (Spanish), BMI [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-BMI-en-noun-SHrDOJyB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'body mass index': 95 5
  2. (computing) Initialism of brain–machine interface. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: brain–machine interface Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: BCI
    Sense id: en-BMI-en-noun-ti~SqeyQ Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 36 64 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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