MOS

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Electronics.

metal oxide semiconductor.

mo

[moh]

noun Informal.

moment(def 1).

Origin of mo

by shortening

mos.

months.

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Examples from the Web for mos

Contemporary Examples

But Brooklyn was still Brooklyn, and at 1:45 a.m. a dispatcher could be heard saying on the police radio, “Shots fired by an MOS.”
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Michael Daly
December 10, 2014
What do Charlie Sheen, Marion Cotillard, and Mos Def have in common?
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Amy Zimmerman
March 20, 2014
From The New Yorker to Mos Def, see the best quotes about the beast on Atlantic Avenue.
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William O’Connor
May 16, 2013
Mos and I have had lots of political conversations in our time.
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The Daily Beast Video
April 26, 2012
Dante Terrell Smith, popularly known as Mos Def, is two people right now.
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Stanley Crouch
April 10, 2009

Historical Examples

The innovators had every defender of the mos maiorum for an adversary.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
Franz Cumont
Seems if it was the one who spoke first who gets the mos' attention.
Mary Rose of Mifflin
Frances R. Sterrett
An' they're the purtiest critter alive an' the spryest an' the mos' graceful.'
Eben Holden
Irving Bacheller
One day I went off cuttin' timber an' stayed 'til mos' night.
Eben Holden
Irving Bacheller
Seems mos' like heaven to get into a nice warm room like this!
The Panchronicon
Harold Steele Mackaye

British Dictionary definitions for mos

MOS

abbreviation for

metal oxide silicon

mo¹

noun informal

mainly British short for moment (def. 1)
mainly Australian short for moustache (def. 1)

mo²

the internet domain name for

Macau

Mo

the chemical symbol for

molybdenum

MO

abbreviation for

Missouri
Medical Officer
modus operandi

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Word Origin and History for mos

mo

1

colloquial shortening of momentum, by 1896.

mo

2

representing U.S. black pronunciation of more, by 1902; it was an acceptable variant form of more in the Middle Ages and has roots in Old English; see more.

mos in Medicine

Mo

The symbol for the elementmolybdenum

mos in Science

Mo

The symbol for molybdenum.

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Examples from the Web for mos

Contemporary Examples

But Brooklyn was still Brooklyn, and at 1:45 a.m. a dispatcher could be heard saying on the police radio, “Shots fired by an MOS.”

What do Charlie Sheen, Marion Cotillard, and Mos Def have in common?

From The New Yorker to Mos Def, see the best quotes about the beast on Atlantic Avenue.

Mos and I have had lots of political conversations in our time.

Dante Terrell Smith, popularly known as Mos Def, is two people right now.

Historical Examples

The innovators had every defender of the mos maiorum for an adversary.

Seems if it was the one who spoke first who gets the mos' attention.

An' they're the purtiest critter alive an' the spryest an' the mos' graceful.'

One day I went off cuttin' timber an' stayed 'til mos' night.

Seems mos' like heaven to get into a nice warm room like this!

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Word Origin and History for mos

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Origin of mo

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