"ISM" meaning in English

See ISM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} ISM
  1. Initialism of Institute for Supply Management. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Institute for Supply Management
    Sense id: en-ISM-en-name-mJ09XDh~

Noun

Forms: ISMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ISM (plural ISMs)
  1. Initialism of Imperial Service Medal. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Imperial Service Medal Related terms: IPM (english: interplanetary medium), IGM (english: intergalactic medium), ICM (english: intracluster medium), EGM [extragalactic-medium, cosmology, astronomy, natural-sciences], ECM [extra-cluster-medium, cosmology, astronomy, natural-sciences]
    Sense id: en-ISM-en-noun-9hTYEhwh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 64 21 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 66 18 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 74 14 2
  2. (astronomy) Abbreviation of interstellar medium. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: interstellar medium
    Sense id: en-ISM-en-noun-78gCBSWf Categories (other): Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. (RF telecommunications) Initialism of industrial scientific medical. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: industrial scientific medical
    Sense id: en-ISM-en-noun-X0zTZGRP

Inflected forms

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