CM

C3M3

noun

A member of the Order of Canada.

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Meanings

CM1

nounCM (countable and uncountable, plural CMs)

plural CMs

  1. IndiaPakistanabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of chief minister.
  2. CanadacountableuncountableA member of the Order of Canada.
  3. JapanabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of commercial message (“commercial video ad”).
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableboard gamesInitialism of Candidate Master.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablespace flightInitialism of command module.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of cryptographic module.
  7. abbreviationinitialismuncountableengineeringInitialism of configuration management.
  8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of cruise missile.
  9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablering theoryInitialism of Cohen-Macaulay.
  10. abbreviationarchaiccountableinitialismuncountableentertainmentInitialism of common meter.
  11. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of child maintenance.
  12. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableTwitterInitialism of community manager.
proper nounCM (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of College of Medicine.
  2. USabbreviationinitialismuncountablespace flightInitialism of Command Module (“Apollo Command Module”).

cM2

nouncM (plural cM)
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of centimorgan.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei

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curiumatomic number 96
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metallic elementmetal

nouna metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter

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metric linear unit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishcommercial
  2. JapaneseCM“commercial video ad”
  3. EnglishCM

Sense "commercial" is a borrowing from Japanese CM (CM, “commercial video ad”), from English commercial + message.

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APA

CM. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CM

MLA

“CM.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CM. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “CM,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CM.

Source: CM on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.