ms
millisecond; milliseconds.
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Ms.abbreviationa title of respect prefixed to a woman's name or position: unlike Miss or Mrs., it does not depend upon or indicate her marital status.
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m/s
m/smeter per second; meters per second.
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M/Smonths after sight.
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m.s.abbreviationmodification of the stem of.
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M.S.abbreviationmail steamer.
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a title of respect prefixed to a woman's name or position: unlike Miss or Mrs., it does not depend upon or indicate her marital status.
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a title prefixed to a mock surname that is used to represent possession of a particular attribute, identity, etc., especially in an idealized or excessive way.
Ms. Cooperation.
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Commerce. months after sight.
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mail steamer.
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Master of Science.
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Master in Surgery.
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motorship.
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Master of Surgery
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(on gravestones) memoriae sacrum
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Mississippi
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multiple sclerosis
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Mauritius (international car registration)
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Pronunciation
Ms. is pronounced (miz), a pronunciation that is identical with one standard South Midland and Southern U.S. pronunciation of Mrs.
Gender
Ms. came into use in the 1950s as a title before a woman's surname when her marital status was unknown or irrelevant. In the early 1970s, the use of Ms. was adopted and encouraged by the women's movement, the reasoning being that since a man's marital status is not revealed by the title Mr., there is no reason that a woman's status should be revealed by her title. Since then Ms. has gained increasing currency, especially in business and professional use. Some women prefer the traditional Miss (still fully standard for a woman whose marital status is unknown and for an unmarried woman) or, when appropriate, Mrs. Newspaper editors sometimes reject Ms. except in quoted matter. Others use whichever of the three titles a woman prefers if her preference is known. Increasingly, newspapers avoid the use of all three titles by referring to women by their full names in first references ( Sarah Brady; Margaret Bourke-White ) and by surname only, as with men, in subsequent references: Brady, Bourke-White. Since all three titles— Ms., Miss, and Mrs. —remain in use, the preference of the woman being named or addressed or the practice of the organization or publication in which the name is to appear is often followed.
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Feminists have urged the use of Ms. because, unlike Miss or Mrs., it does not identify a woman by her marital status. (See feminism.)
Etymology
Origin of MS
(sense 2) Latin: sacred to the memory of
Example Sentences
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In Australia, Surfshark’s ping times ranged from 229 to 281 ms, while NordVPN’s latency was slightly lower, averaging 210 to 260 ms.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
Upload speeds were generally stable, though ping times increased significantly on distant servers — reaching over 500 ms in Australia — which could introduce noticeable lag during gaming or video calls.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
When small creatures touch the fine trigger hairs on the outside of the door, it opens inwards within 0.5 ms.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
If two coils placed next to one another have a mutual inductance of 5.00 mH, what voltage is induced in one when the 2.00 A current in the other is switched off in 30.0 ms?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
One evening we went to move an attractive young woman who found it charming to spell the name Kim with an h, a y, and two ms.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
MS lifts its target price 18% to 12.50 Australian dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
"Kioxia's stock price surge represents a normalisation of valuation for what was once an 'ignored sector'," Counterpoint Research analyst MS Hwang told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
In a recent interview with MS NOW, Talarico said he “welcomed” a debate on masculinity, saying: “That seems to be what they want to talk about, so let’s talk about it.”
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Steve Thomas was diagnosed with MS 12 years ago and went through the assessment process to gain a Pip award.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
These people found me after my talks, seeming eager to talk about what we shared—to say that their dad had lived with MS, too, or that they’d had grandparents just like mine.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
“Dear ms. norris,” wrote a fifth-grade girl in a recent letter.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2022
Eat your heart out, ms. lonely hearts. — jeffp26 13.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2010
St. v. line 1, ib. 'hand' for 'hands:' 'hand' in 1648, and in Sancroft ms.: adopted.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
In the Sancroft ms. line 8 reads 'As sitts alone ....'
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
The Sancroft ms. writes the two poems as one.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Ms. Winger has always been a film actor of luminous transparency; her performance here, by contrast, feels cloaked in artifice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Ms. Barker’s chronicle teems with people I would gently describe as not normal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The 400 or so who cast ballots “were registered as Democrats, Republicans, and the majority unaffiliated and were scattered across the state,” Ms. Sherrill said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ms. Barker attended the University of Kansas and later worked briefly for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ms. Washington would read good books, too, not silly ones where kids just learned how to behave right.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
"Our shared goal was always to take a promising idea and develop it into a therapy that could help people with MS. We're finally getting close to that reality."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2025
“It’s a big deal for people with MS. And it could change a lot for people who have MS. I’m a little lady with a big mission.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
“It’s usually a symptom of MS. Multiple sclerosis.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
Epidemiologist Alberto Ascherio, senior author of the new study, says, “The bottom line is almost: if you’re not infected with EBV, you don’t get MS. It’s rare to get such black-and-white results.”
From Scientific American ● Jan. 13, 2022
“All this time, I thought the letters were MS. For Mississippi, where my grandmother was born.”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
For instance, a clock traveling at 10 m/s for 57 million years would fall behind a stationary clock by about one second.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
An international research team led by scientists from the CNRS1 has discovered that the magnetic nanobubbles2 known as skyrmions can be moved by electrical currents, attaining record speeds up to 900 m/s.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2024
Judging by the programmes it seems that the dragon’s body-length of about 13m passes by in about three seconds, which puts the stalling speed at about 4.3 m/s or 14 ft/s.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 2, 2022
She throws a snowball first forward, then backward at a speed of 1.5 m/s relative to the sled.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
What strength magnetic field is needed to hold antiprotons, moving at 5.00×107 m/s in a circular path 2.00 m in radius?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
"There is a strong public interest in maintaining the grave peace around M/S Estonia, which is the burial ground for a large number of people," the Gothenburg district court said in a statement.
From Reuters ● Sep. 5, 2022
The M/S Victoria will be docked in Leith to provide an additional 739 rooms where people can be temporarily accommodated.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2022
All of this passed through my mind as the M/S Stockholm continued its journey on the Arctic Ocean.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
A separate, privately funded expedition commissioned by relatives of the victims of the M/S Estonia conducted a dive in September.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
The M/S Estonia ferry, which was traveling from the Estonian capital Tallinn to Stockholm in Sweden, sank in heavy seas on Sept. 28, 1994, killing 852 people, most of them Swedes and Estonians.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
The Sancroft m.s. reads line 4 'Blithest:' line 9 'numerous:' line 12 'A:' line 17 'our.'
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
“I think this trend is the meeting point of a couple different trends that were existing already, one being gut health,” explains Cara Harbstreet, M.S.,
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
“Overcleaning can remove patina, soften detail and reduce value — particularly for antique pieces. When in doubt, leave it as is,” said Emily Otranto, lead researcher with M.S.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
Such collaboration has been done before—think Harvey Slocum, who shaped the Bhakra Nangal Dam alongside Indian engineers, and Norman Borlaug, whose high-yielding wheat with M.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
The victims, identified in the indictment only by their initials, M.S. and A.S., were told someone else had already submitted an application for their property, according to the indictment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
I have my M.S. in it, and am—was, I mean—working for my Ph.D.
From The Galaxy Primes by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
"It is obvious that Ms Ghost, a 49 year old woman, should have appreciated the inappropriateness of her conduct regardless of whether there was any sexual motivation or conduct," the judgement read.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
"This was a traumatic and horrific event for Ms Lees, and for Peter's family, who have now gone such a long time without the answers they deserve," Dole said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Our findings show that tau helps determine which cells are selected to store a memory, shaping how an experience forms a lasting memory trace," says Ms Kosonen, a researcher at Flinders' Neuroscience and Dementia Research.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Amazon said: "We sincerely apologise to Ms Bews that our site access policy was not communicated clearly before she travelled."
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
I’m getting funny looks as I stand here, waiting for Ms.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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