PM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does PM mean? 

• PM (noun)
  The noun PM has 4 senses:

1. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

2. 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

3. the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom

4. modulation of the phase of the carrier wave

  Familiarity information: PM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

autopsy; necropsy; PM; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; postmortem examination

Hypernyms ("PM" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 61; Pm; promethium

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.)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

PM; premier; Prime Minister

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:

Modulation of the phase of the carrier wave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

phase modulation; PM

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)

 Context examples 

Transmembrane proteins entering through clathrin-dependent endocytosis (CDE) have sequences in their cytoplasmic domains that bind to the APs (adaptor-related protein complexes) and enable their rapid removal from the PM.

(Endocytosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 8:29 pm EDT on April 17, 2016.

(Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Images of a Mid-Level Solar Flare, NASA)

Confirmation that the burn had completed was received on Earth at 8:53 pm.

(Juno Spacecraft in Orbit Around Mighty Jupiter, NASA)

PM is the term for a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air, and PM2.5 refers to fine inhalable particles, with diameters that are generally 2.5 micrometers or smaller.

(Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution, National Institutes of Health)

Also, watch March 16 (after 12:25 PM EDT New York), when Mars in Capricorn at 19 degrees will be at the same degree in the opposite sign of the January 10 Cancer eclipse.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Summarizes probe sets by computing the average difference between all PM and MM probes in a probe set.

(Bioconductor caAffy Average Difference Probe Summary Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Some cargoes, such as nutrient receptors, are recycled back to the PM.

(Endocytosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Endocytosis is a mechanism for cells to remove ligands, nutrients, plasma membrane (PM) proteins, and lipids from the cell surface, bringing them into the cell interior.

(Endocytosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)