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    lm
    lumen; lumens.
  • LM
    LM
    lunar module.
  • L.M.
    L.M.
    abbreviation
    Licentiate in Medicine.

lm

1 American  
Optics.
  1. lumen; lumens.


LM 2 American  
[lem] / lɛm /
  1. lunar module.


L.M. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Licentiate in Medicine.

  2. Licentiate in Midwifery.

  3. Lord Mayor.


lm British  

symbol

  1. lumen

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I just wanted to say that lm still very sorry and I hope your getting better.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

Put 4 over cd, under efg, over h, under ijk and over lm.

From Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 by Hugo H. Miller

Put 1 under cd, over efg, under h, over ijk and under lm.

From Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 by Hugo H. Miller

Larva of Platygaster in the second stage.—mo, mouth; slkf, œsophagus; gsae, supra-œsophagal ganglion; lm, muscles; bsm, nervous system; gagh, rudiments of the reproductive glands.

From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Sir John Lubbock

A microscope rigidly attached to the carriage holding the piece, lm, would serve to compare, and a diamond attached to the same piece would be used to produce copies.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 by Various

During the task, the researchers temporarily silenced either V1 or LM and watched how the remaining region behaved without its usual partner.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

It’s not clear how Altman’s new directive to again top LM Arena by tapping user signals will affect that balance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Mike Kimani, an independent trainer who works out of LM Fitness Center in Atwater, says his GLP-1 workouts are particularly data-driven.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025

Police arrested an Indonesian man identified by his initial as LM, two Ukrainian men identified as IV and MV, and a Russian man identified as KK, during the raids.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024

It can be demonstrated similarly that at this same moment the light that has come along any other ray, such as LM, MN, will have propagated the movement which is terminated at the arc BP.

From Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens

In attempting to exit the area, according to the complaint, Agent L.M. opened the rear passenger door of the Border Patrol vehicle where Gomez was seated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

But when you start looking for examples, they begin to tumble off the bookshelves: L.M.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

She wasn’t actually going to the companies with him, but basically, she wrote all of his books for him, sometimes credited as Lillian Gilbreth, sometimes as L.M.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023

Exploring this tension through creative work isn’t new; one of the most touching subplots of L.M.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2019

This copy came from the library of Mr. L.M.

From Game and Playe of the Chesse A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition, 1474 by William Caxton

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