EMS


abbreviation
  1. emergency medical service.

  2. Digital Technology.enhanced message service: a system for sending long or formatted text messages, images, music, etc., from one cell phone to another.: Compare SMS (def. 1a).

  1. express mail service: an international service offered by the postal operators of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).

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British Dictionary definitions for Ems (1 of 2)

Ems

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/ (ɛmz) /


noun
  1. a town in W Germany, in the Rhineland-Palatinate: famous for the Ems Telegram (1870), Bismarck's dispatch that led to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. Pop: 9666 (2003 est)

  2. a river in W Germany, rising in the Teutoburger Wald and flowing generally north to the North Sea. Length: about 370 km (230 miles)

British Dictionary definitions for EMS (2 of 2)

EMS

abbreviation for
  1. European Monetary System

  2. enhanced messaging service: a system used for sending text messages containing special text formatting, animations, etc, to and from mobile phones

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