"IGM" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: IGMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} IGM (plural IGMs)
  1. (astronomy) Abbreviation of InterGalactic Medium. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: InterGalactic Medium
    Sense id: en-IGM-en-noun-UAxJggTM Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (software) Initialism of in-game module. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: in-game module
    Sense id: en-IGM-en-noun-slJLTOJX Categories (other): Software Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
  3. (chess) Initialism of International Grandmaster Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: International Grandmaster Related terms: IPM (english: InterPlanetary Medium), ISM (english: InterStellar Medium), ICM (english: InterCluster Medium), EGM (english: ExtraGalactic Medium), ECM (english: Extra-Cluster Medium)
    Sense id: en-IGM-en-noun-srB7Ex~K Categories (other): Chess, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 14 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 10 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 10 84 Topics: board-games, chess, games

Inflected forms

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