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Translingual
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Symbol
M
- mega-
- (astronomy): Messier number. Objects in Charles Messier's catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters in 1774 are numbered, and the letter M (for Messier) is prepended to these numbers, as in M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy) or M13 (the globular cluster in Hercules).
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English
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Abbreviation
M or M.
- Monsieur
- male
- Monday
- Mother
- (size) Medium
- (roadway) Michigan; Usage note: This designation is used within Michigan.
- mature
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Number
- See also MM
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Noun
M
- The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet; a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio-nasal consonant.
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Proper noun
M
- fictional character from the James Bond stories and films
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Quotations
- 2002: Stewart Menzies, head of SIS (the model for James Bond's M); — London Review of Books, 8 Aug 2002
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Usage note
The proper designation for the head of the SIS is, actually, "C".de:M fr:M ko:M hr:M ku:M ja:M fi:M