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This list contains
acronyms ,
initialisms , and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter M .
For the purposes of this list:
acronym = an
abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS =
severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD =
compact disc , pronounced cee dee
pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or
portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p)
United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz –
megahertz )
Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g.,
VoIP , pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P .
(Main list of acronyms)
MA
MB
MC
MD
ME
Me – (s)
Messerschmitt
ME
MEA
MEAC – (a)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
MEC
MECC – (a)
Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (later Corporation, dissolved 1999)
MECCA – (a) Milwaukee Exposition Convention Center and Arena, a former name for the sports venue now known as
UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
MECO – (a)
Main engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
MEDEVAC – (p) Medical evacuation
MEDLI
(a)
Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrumentation
(a) Medical & Scientific Libraries of Long Island
(a) Model for Effluent Disposal using Land Irrigation
MEDS – (a)
Mission Essential Data Set
MEF
MEG – (i)
MagnetoEncephaloGraphy
MEI – (i)
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
MEK
MEL
MELT – (a) Metallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
MEM
(i) Message Exchange Mechanism
(p) Microelectromechanical
MEMS – (p) Microelectromechanical System
MENA – (i/a)
Middle East and
North Africa ("MEE-na" or "MEH-na")
MEO
MEP
MER – (i)
Mars Exploration Rover
MERL – (i)
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
MES
MESSENGER – (p) MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging
MET
METAR – (p) [Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
METL – (i/a) Mission Essential Task List ("mettle")
METOC – (p) Meteorological and Oceanographic
METT-T – (a/i) Mission, Enemy, Terrain, Troops, and Time available (mnemonic)
METT-TC – (a/i) Mission, Enemy, Terrain [and weather], Troops [and support], Time [available] and Civilian considerations (mnemonic)
MEU
MeV – (s)
Megaelectronvolt
MEV
MEX – (s)
Mexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
MEZ – (i) Missile Engagement Zone
MES – (a)
Manufacturing Execution Systems
MF
MG
MH
MI
MJ
MK
ML
MM
MN
MO
MP
MQ
MR
MS
MT
MU
MV
MW
MX
MY
MZ
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