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QM

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Also Q.M. quartermaster.

  2. Physics. quantum mechanics.


q.m. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) every morning.


QM 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Quartermaster

"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

q.m. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. quaque mane

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Etymology

Origin of q.m.

From Latin quoque matutino

Example Sentences

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It would expand lenders’ permissible sources to verify incomes beyond the relatively narrow range specified in current QM regulations.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2018

Now that the most philosophically controversial predictions of QM have—finally—been experimentally confirmed without remaining loopholes, there are no excuses left for those who want to avoid confronting the implications of QM.

From Scientific American • May 29, 2018

Although Einstein argued in 1935 that the contradiction arose merely because QM is incomplete, John Bell proved mathematically, in 1964, that the predictions of QM regarding entanglement cannot be accounted for by Einstein’s alleged incompleteness.

From Scientific American • Apr. 19, 2018

It turns out, however, that some predictions of QM are incompatible with non-contextuality even for a large and important class of non-local theories.

From Scientific American • Apr. 19, 2018

Since the QM and a lieutenant both had watches needing glasses I had no difficulty in getting a few goggles anti-gas diverted from the QM store.��

From Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by Cox, John