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PM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
Synonyms:
autopsy; necropsy; PM; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; postmortem examination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("PM" is a kind of...):
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Modulation of the phase of the carrier wave
Synonyms:
phase modulation; PM
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("PM" is a kind of...):
modulation ((electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
Synonyms:
PM; premier; Prime Minister
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("PM" is a kind of...):
chief of state; head of state (the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government)
Holonyms ("PM" is a member of...):
British Cabinet (the senior ministers of the British government)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium
Synonyms:
atomic number 61; Pm; promethium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pm" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
