A&M - The Dictionary

AMabbr.1. airmail2. amplitude modulation3. or am Latin anno mundi (in the year of the world)4. or am or am ante meridiem5. Latin artium magister (Master of Arts)Usage Note: By convention, 12 am denotes midnight and 12 pm denotes noon. Because of the potential for confusion, it is advisable to use 12 noon and 12 midnight.Am 1The symbol for americium.Am 2abbr. Bible Amosam (?m)v.First person singular present indicative of be.[Middle English, from Old English eom; see es- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.am vb (used with I) a form of the present tense (indicative mood) of be1 [Old English eam; related to Old Norse em, Gothic im, Old High German bim, Latin sum, Greek eimi, Sanskrit asmi]am abbreviation for 1. See AM5 2. See a.m. am the internet domain name for (Computer Science) Armenia Am the chemical symbol for (Elements & Compounds) americium AM abbreviation for 1. associate member 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Assembly Member (of the National Assembly of Wales) 3. Albert Medal 4. US Master of Arts 5. (Electronics) Also: am amplitude modulation 6. See a.m. 7. Member of the Order of Australia 8. Armenia (international car registration) Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014am (æm; unstressed ?m, m) v. 1st pers. sing. pres. indic. of be. [before 900; Old English am, eam, eom] AM 1. Asian male. 2. amplitude modulation: a method of impressing a signal on a radio carrier wave by varying its amplitude. 3. a system of broadcasting using this method. Compare FM. [1935?40] Am Chem. Symbol. americium. Am. 1. America. 2. American. A.M. Master of Arts. [