"TM" meaning in English

See TM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: TMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} TM (countable and uncountable, plural TMs)
  1. (LGBTQ) Initialism of trans man and trans male. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: trans man and trans male Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Male, Transgender
    Sense id: en-TM-en-noun-D~W378aR Disambiguation of Male: 72 1 8 3 1 14 0 Disambiguation of Transgender: 66 2 9 4 2 16 1 Categories (other): English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 10 11 20 14 18 12 15
  2. Initialism of transcendental meditation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: transcendental meditation
    Sense id: en-TM-en-noun-a08i2IO0 Categories (other): English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 10 11 20 14 18 12 15
  3. (translation studies) Initialism of translation memory. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: translation memory Categories (topical): Translation studies
    Sense id: en-TM-en-noun-hRCqIAMH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, English symbols, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 5 39 14 10 27 2 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 13 7 33 9 9 25 4 Disambiguation of English symbols: 10 11 20 14 18 12 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 3 62 8 5 16 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 3 4 40 15 7 27 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 45 11 7 30 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 5 52 8 6 22 5 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies
  4. (computing) Initialism of Turing machine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Turing machine Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-TM-en-noun-W3DokVkX Categories (other): English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 10 11 20 14 18 12 15 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. (UK, telecommunications, historical) Initialism of telephone manager. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: telephone manager Categories (topical): Telecommunications
    Sense id: en-TM-en-noun-6-YBMMrr Categories (other): British English, English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 10 11 20 14 18 12 15 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} TM pl (plural only)
  1. Initialism of Their Majesties. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only Alternative form of: Their Majesties Related terms: HIM, HM, TIM
    Sense id: en-TM-en-noun-2I4n6vAX Categories (other): English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 10 11 20 14 18 12 15

Symbol

Forms: [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|symbol}} TM
  1. trademark Categories (topical): Trademark Translations (trademark): MR (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-TM-en-symbol-QPQa9uao Disambiguation of Trademark: 15 5 4 4 3 4 66 Categories (other): English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 10 11 20 14 18 12 15

Inflected forms

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          "parents": [
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            "Law",
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "text": "SuperAcme™ is a trademark of Acme Incorporated.",
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          "ref": "1993, Tristan Hawkins, Pepper, London: Flamingo, →ISBN, page 226:",
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Download raw JSONL data for TM meaning in English (5.0kB)

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  "called_from": "form_description/20250107",
  "msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
  "path": [
    "TM"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "TM",
  "trace": ""
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.