mos

plural mores

1. raresingularsingular of mores (“moral norms or customs”)

1. pluralplural of mo (“month; molester”)

1. Alternative letter-case form of MOS (“manual of style”).

   Frey T, Young RK, Committee A. MoS. 505Correct and preferred usage. In: JAMA Network Editors (ed.), AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, 505–50.

   2024 December 20, Chokan Baimukhamedov, Marina Baimukhamedova, “Late-onset rheumatoid arthritis: Justifying the need for international practice guidelines and classification criteria”, in Modern Rheumatology, volume 35, number 3 (May 2025), Tokyo: Japan College of Rheumatology, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, reference 3, page 598, column 1

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   I just thought others on this list might be as happy as I am to learn that as of September, the Chicago Manual of Style is going to be available online for a subscription fee of $25 introductory price, $30 regular fee.

   2006 July 6, Janice Gelb, “Chicago MoS Online At Last”, in bit.listserv.techwr-l (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Apr 2025

   The Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (MoS), for example, outlines several requirements that journals could implement to prevent bias and COI from undermining the credibility of reports containing original data (Fontanarosa et al., 2011; MoS, 2007). […] For example, the MoS states that if there is an error in a published paper that can be proved with data, a correction should be published and attached to the original article in PubMed. […] MoS (Manual of Style). 2007. AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors, 10th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc.

   2012, “Responsible Parties”, in Christine M. Micheel, Sharly J. Nass, Gilbert S. Omenn, editors, Evolution of Translational Omics: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, →ISBN, pages 140, 148 (Journals), and 159 (References)

   Wikipedia’s Manual of Style (MoS) provides information on a variety of aspects regarding Wikipedia articles, reaching from regulating the overall article structure to the visual presentation of information (such as the italicisation of words) to aspects of formality and register (Wikipedia:Manual of Style, Wikipedia, 2021). […] Still, she also identified similarities that suggest alignment with the MoS, for instance, both Wikipedia and the Encyclopaedia Britannica exhibit similar frequency in terms of impersonal pronoun usage (Elia, 2006).

   2022, Susanne Kopf, “The Article Page”, in A Discursive Perspective on Wikipedia: More than an Encyclopaedia?, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, chapter 2 (Wikipedia’s Architecture and Modus Operandi), section 1 (Wikipedia Site Structure), pages 33–34

1. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of metal oxide semiconductor.
2. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of maintenance operating system.
3. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of mobile operating system.
4. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of member of the opposite sex.
5. abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of military occupational specialty.

   "I was a marine. My MOS was 0311," he said.

6. abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of member of the service.

   "We have an MOS down," the dispatcher said.

7. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of manual of style.
8. abbreviationinitialismbroadcastingInitialism of man on the street.

1. Hong KongabbreviationinformalinitialismInitialism of Ma On Shan.

1. broadcastingWithout a synchronous audio track.

1. pluralplural of MO