"NSM" meaning in English

See NSM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} NSM (not comparable)
  1. (Australia, agriculture, of cattle) Initialism of not station mated. Tags: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: not station mated
    Sense id: en-NSM-en-adj-BrcJGrH4 Categories (other): Australian English, Agriculture Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

Noun

Forms: NSMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} NSM (plural NSMs)
  1. (linguistics) Initialism of natural semantic metalanguage. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: natural semantic metalanguage
    Sense id: en-NSM-en-noun-Rvw0NmAV Categories (other): Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (business, product development) Initialism of North Star metric. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: North Star metric
    Sense id: en-NSM-en-noun-wTwvjwcF Categories (other): Business, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 37 49 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 16 15 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 9 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 9 84 Topics: business

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