STM

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A form of scanning tunneling microscope — A device used to form an image of the surface of a conductor or semiconductor with atomic resolution.

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short-term memoryimmediate memory
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Meanings

nounSTM (countable and uncountable, plural STMs)

plural STMs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemicroscopyInitialism of scanning tunneling microscope.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountabletrain controlInitialism of specific transmission module.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablepublishing industryInitialism of scientific, technical, and medicine.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablephysical therapyInitialism of soft tissue mobilization.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecognitive scienceInitialism of short-term memory.

    The distinction between STM and LTM should not be taken for granted. Due to the strong interactions between these distinct processes, they can be confused or lumped together.

    2021, Stephen Grossberg, Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of software transactional memory.
  7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableChristianityInitialism of short-term mission.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwhat you can repeat immediately after perceiving it

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short-term memoryimmediate memory

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APA

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Chicago

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