rms
rms
1 American
Or
r.m.s.
R.M.S.
2
American
abbreviation
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Railway Mail Service.
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British. Royal Mail Service.
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British. Royal Mail Steamship.
RMS
1
British
abbreviation
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Royal Mail Service
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Royal Mail Steamer
rms
2
British
abbreviation
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The distribution has a long tail, because a few molecules may go several times the rms speed.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Since an AC voltage is applied, there is an rms current, but it is limited by the capacitor.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
What will be the ratio of kinetic energies and rms speeds of a nitrogen molecule and a helium atom at the same temperature?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The most likely speed vp is less than the rms speed vrms .
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
You can think of these rms and average values as the equivalent DC values for a simple resistive circuit.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Yang, alongside co-writer Anna Drezen, imagined the iceberg as a pop diva whose sinking of the R.M.S.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
Until then, Congress declared, “no person should physically alter, disturb, or salvage the R.M.S. Titanic.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
It takes eight hours and $250,000 to get to what remains of the R.M.S.
From National Geographic ● Jun. 20, 2023
An ambitious digital imaging project has produced what researchers describe as a “digital twin” of the R.M.S.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
This was an application arising out of the loss of R.M.S.
From Mr. Meeson's Will by Henry Rider Haggard
Are Cartier Love bracelets about to replace the Hermès RMS -0.24%decrease; red down pointing triangle Birkin bag as the product that drives the best shareholder returns in the luxury-goods industry?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The auction comes as Southampton marked the 114th anniversary of the RMS Titanic tragedy at a memorial on 14 April.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
But resale values suggest that even rare goods such as Hermès RMS 0.42%increase; green up pointing triangle Birkin bags and Rolex watches aren’t pulling in crowds like they used to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
“This failure will produce a significant danger to the citizens of Los Angeles County, which can be averted through the immediate modernization and replacement of the CAD and RMS systems.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2025
That’s what happened in March 1942, when Elizebeth discovered that the Nazis were planning to ambush the RMS Queen Mary, which had over eight thousand American servicemen on board.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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