"STM" meaning in English

See STM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: STMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} STM (countable and uncountable, plural STMs)
  1. (microscopy) Initialism of scanning tunneling microscope. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: scanning tunneling microscope
    Sense id: en-STM-en-noun-i0fls4kH Categories (other): Microscopy, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 1 0 18 26 29 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 26 1 1 20 27 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 0 0 14 20 19 22 0 4
  2. (train control) Initialism of specific transmission module. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: specific transmission module
    Sense id: en-STM-en-noun-4WLwFxit
  3. (publishing industry) Initialism of scientific, technical, and medicine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: scientific, technical, and medicine
    Sense id: en-STM-en-noun-U40qMcI4
  4. (physical therapy) Initialism of soft tissue mobilization. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: soft tissue mobilization
    Sense id: en-STM-en-noun-1FYELn-q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 1 0 18 26 29 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 26 1 1 20 27 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 0 0 14 20 19 22 0 4
  5. (cognitive science) Initialism of short-term memory. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: short-term memory Coordinate_terms: LTM
    Sense id: en-STM-en-noun-KA4EmXAM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 1 0 18 26 29 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 26 1 1 20 27 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 0 0 14 20 19 22 0 4
  6. (computing theory) Initialism of software transactional memory. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: software transactional memory
    Sense id: en-STM-en-noun-TJI~JNmx Categories (other): Theory of computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 1 0 18 26 29 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 26 1 1 20 27 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 0 0 14 20 19 22 0 4 Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms (train control): SE, SN
Disambiguation of 'train control': 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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