MS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ms"

Translingual

Symbol

MS

  1. (metrology) Symbol for megasiemens, an SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 106 siemens.

Symbol

MS

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Montserrat.
    Synonym: MSR (alpha-3)

English

Noun

MS (countable and uncountable, plural MSes)

  1. (plural MSS) Abbreviation of manuscript.
  2. (numismatics) Initialism of mint state, a grading term.
  3. (nautical) M/S: Initialism of motor ship.
  4. (pharmacology) Initialism of morphine sulfate.
  5. (cardiology) Initialism of mitral stenosis.
  6. (neurology, uncountable) Initialism of multiple sclerosis.
  7. (academics) Initialism of Master of Science.
  8. Initialism of middle school.
  9. (philately) Initialism of mini-sheet.
  10. (criminology) Initialism of murder-suicide.
  • (mitral stenosis): MVS

Proper noun

MS

  1. Initialism of Mato Grosso do Sul, a state of Brazil.
  2. Initialism of Microsoft: an American multinational technology company founded in 1975.
  3. Abbreviation of Mississippi, a state of the United States of America.

Derived terms
Microsoft
  • M$ (implying greed and capitalism)
  • MSDN (“Microsoft Developer Network”)
  • MS-DOS (“Microsoft Disk Operating System”)
  • MSI (“Microsoft Installer”)
  • MSIE (“Microsoft Internet Explorer”)
  • MSIL (“Microsoft Intermediate Language”)
  • MSN (“Microsoft Network”)
  • MSNBC (“Microsoft National Broadcasting Company”)
  • MSRPC (“Microsoft Remote Procedure Call”)
  • MSU (“Microsoft Update”)

Anagrams

Portuguese

Proper noun

MS

  1. Abbreviation of Mato Grosso do Sul. (Brazilian state)

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

MS

  1. Abbreviation of Mureș, a county in Romania.

Slovak

Alternative forms
  • Ms (world championship)

Noun

MS

  1. Abbreviation of majstrovstvá sveta. (world championship) (from majstrovstvo+sveta) (and other forms majstrovstiev/majstrovstvách/etc)

See also
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