M
- noun
- For the purposes of the project, we used M to illustrate the number one thousand.
Examples
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This is one way to write M * A = B.
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The J goes from one to M OK.
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Now we have to go from M to T so.
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So we say it's one if M is equal to north plus one.
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The students were taught that the "I" and the "M" could be used interchangeably.
Academic text (2012) -
Unit 2: Kinetic and Potential Energy, baseline, M = 3.6, range 3-6; intervention, M = 8.
Academic text (2012) -
Pre-workshop M = 3.86, Post-workshop M = 3.92. BPGs are useful for learning about client care.
Academic text (2017) -
In Roman numerals, M represents one thousand.
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The total amount was calculated as M, meaning it reached a thousand.
Synonyms
A group of 1,000 things
A number equal to ten times one hundred
A number equal to 1,000
A group of one thousand things
Compounds
- Specialized
An antibody found in the blood early in infection that fights germs and helps start longer protection
Surface Forms
Etymology
M comes from the Latin word mille, which means 'a thousand'. So as a Roman numeral M stands for 1000, and you can remember it by thinking of words like 'mile' and 'million' that also come from the idea of many thousands.