"HMS" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} HMS
  1. (military, nautical) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Ship (prefix for ships in the navy of a monarchy, such as the British Royal Navy). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: His/Her Majesty's Ship (extra: prefix for ships in the navy of a monarchy, such as the British Royal Navy) Categories (topical): Military, Nautical
    Sense id: en-HMS-en-noun-mGUaZmNZ Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
  2. (postage) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Service. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: His/Her Majesty's Service Synonyms: OHMS
    Sense id: en-HMS-en-noun-bglNKn7d
  3. (mathematics) Initialism of hour-minute-second.:
    A format for writing decimal angles.
    Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms (angles): DMS Coordinate_terms (angles): DD, radian, gradian, mil
    Sense id: en-HMS-en-noun-cLZrQaR7 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'angles': 7 1 67 8 15 1 Disambiguation of 'angles': 7 1 67 8 15 1
  4. (mathematics) Initialism of hour-minute-second.:
    A 24 or 12-hour time format that includes seconds, in addition to hours and minutes.
    Categories (topical): Mathematics, Time
    Sense id: en-HMS-en-noun---yKVSKM Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0 50 50 0 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. (mathematics) Initialism of hour-minute-second.:
    A format for writing decimal time, usually associated with base-10 time such as during the French Revolution.
    Categories (topical): Mathematics, Time
    Sense id: en-HMS-en-noun-VZ~idqQx Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0 50 50 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 21 5 16 53 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 23 4 14 53 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 23 2 15 56 1 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  6. Initialism of hypermobility syndrome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: hypermobility syndrome
    Sense id: en-HMS-en-noun-ehMpL4OV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms (times): DHM, DHMS
Related terms: HMCS, HMAS, HMNZS, HMTSS, HBMS, HDMS, HNMS, HNoMS, HNLMS, HSwMS, OHMBS (english: On His/Her Majesty's Britannic Service) Disambiguation of 'times': 7 2 11 38 40 2
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