"PMT" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PMTs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PMT (countable and uncountable, plural PMTs)
  1. (uncountable, medicine, now chiefly UK) Initialism of premenstrual tension. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: premenstrual tension Synonyms: PMS Translations (premenstrual tension): SPM [masculine] (French), TPM [feminine] (Portuguese)
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  2. (countable, electronics) Abbreviation of photomultiplier tube. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Alternative form of: photomultiplier tube
    Sense id: en-PMT-en-noun-jZtdPSzg Categories (other): Electronics, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 49 51 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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