hm

h'm

or hmm

[ hmm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

interjection

(used typically to express thoughtful absorption, hesitation, doubt, or perplexity.)

H.M.

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h'm

/ hmmm /

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Henry Molaison, known to the world as H.M., has been called the most important patient in the history of brain science.

A small team of researchers studied him for decades—one described H.M. as being "part of the family."

H.M. could learn and make associations, too, which baffled the scientists who studied him.

Prefectures, those miniature empires, could only be filled by men of great names, or chamberlains of H.M. the emperor and king.

He was on the point of starting, when H.M. steamer Kite arrived with despatches stopping all further explorations.

The striking part of the communication was that a line had been put through "On H.M. Service" on the top of the official envelope.

Ian Hardy's career in H.M. Navy is told in four volumes, which are described below.

Let us take, almost at random, an episode in the life of H.M. Submarine E9.

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