"EM" meaning in English

See EM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} EM (not comparable)
  1. Abbreviation of electromagnetic. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: electromagnetic Derived forms: EMC (english: electromagnetic compatibility), EMI (english: electromagnetic interference), EMR [electromagnetic-radiation, electromagnetism, physics, electrical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], EMF (english: electromagnetic field)
    Sense id: en-EM-en-adj-1jiPbcGM

Noun

Forms: EMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} EM (countable and uncountable, plural EMs)
  1. (biology, countable) Initialism of Effective Microorganism. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: Effective Microorganism Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-EM-en-noun-FZV4NS98 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (energy) Initialism of Energy Management. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Energy Management
    Sense id: en-EM-en-noun-e~yee9Km Topics: business, energy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (countable) Abbreviation of electron microscope. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Alternative form of: electron microscope
    Sense id: en-EM-en-noun-E1AGHoZX
  4. (uncountable) Abbreviation of electron microscopy. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: electron microscopy
    Sense id: en-EM-en-noun-rAFmxUw2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 14 12 4 42 1 1 3 20
  5. (uncountable) Initialism of electromagnetism. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: electromagnetism
    Sense id: en-EM-en-noun-ed9YNXty
  6. (criminal justice) Initialism of electronic monitoring. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: electronic monitoring
    Sense id: en-EM-en-noun-cjrRv-kE
  7. (business) Initialism of emerging market. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: emerging market Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-EM-en-noun-hm~r1Ztk Topics: business
  8. (education) Initialism of English medium. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: English medium Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-EM-en-noun-AzScNfCp Topics: education

Inflected forms

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