EMS

emergency medical service.

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).

European Monetary System.

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

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Definition for ems (2 of 2)

[ em ]

/ ɛm /

noun, plural ems.

the letter M, m.

Also called mut, mutton. Printing.

the square of any size of type used as the unit of measurement for matter printed in that type size.
(originally) the portion of a line of type occupied by the letter M in type of the same size.

em pica.

adjective

Printing. having the area of an em quad or the length of an em dash.

Origin of em

First recorded in 1860–65

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Example sentences from the Web for ems

EMS officers were called to the scene and pronounced her dead upon arrival.
Celebrity Stylist Annabel Tollman Dead at Thirty-Nine|Misty White Sidell|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And even EMS dispatch vets, generally reluctant to second-guess the work of one of their own, have piled on.
Amanda Berry’s 911 Dispatcher Under Fire for Blasé Response|David Freedlander|May 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I told the EMS, nurses, and doctor that it was an attempted rape.
In Washington, Sexual Assault Victims Find Justice Elusive||February 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At Ems I shall not be a conjuror: but I never part with my box.
Vivian Grey|Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

It was from the king at Ems, and described his interview that morning with the French ambassador.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park
Or send her for a time, as in truth her delicate health requires, to Ems or Carlsbad.
The Green Book|Mr Jkai
Blank had spoken of trying to find a boat in order to tackle the Ems on his own.
13 Days|John Alan Lyde Caunter
Is this the return for finding you out, and saving you from a thousand times more desperate gang than that Baron at Ems!
Vivian Grey|Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for ems (1 of 3)

Ems

Bad Ems

/ (ɛmz) /

noun

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)

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 3)

EMS

abbreviation for

European Monetary System

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

British Dictionary definitions for ems (3 of 3)

/ (ɛm) /

noun printing

Also called: mutton, mut the square of a body of any size of type, used as a unit of measurement

Also called: pica em, pica a unit of measurement used in printing, equal to one sixth of an inch

Word Origin for em

C19: from the name of the letter M

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Medical definitions for ems (1 of 2)

EMS

abbr.

electrical muscle stimulation

Emergency Medical Service

Medical definitions for ems (2 of 2)

abbr.

electron microscope

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