HM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hm mean? 

• HM (noun)
  The noun HM has 1 sense:

1. a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters

  Familiarity information: HM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

hectometer; hectometre; hm

Hypernyms ("hm" is a kind of...):

metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)

Meronyms (parts of "hm"):

dam; decameter; decametre; dekameter; dekametre; dkm (a metric unit of length equal to ten meters)

Holonyms ("hm" is a part of...):

kilometer; kilometre; klick; km (a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles))

 Context examples 

In other words, the ‘brrr-hm’ call more than tripled the chances of a successful interaction, yielding honey for the humans and wax for the bird, says Spottiswoode.

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The ‘honey-hunting call’ made by honey-hunters, and passed from generation to generation, is a loud trill followed by a short grunt: ‘brrr-hm’.

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The traditional ‘brrr-hm’ call increased the probability of being guided by a honeyguide from 33% to 66%, and the overall probability of being shown a bees’ nest from 16% to 54% compared to the control sounds.

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

When these sounds were played back in the wild during experimental honey-hunting trips, birds were much more likely respond to the ‘brrr-hm’ call made to attract them than they were to either of the other sounds.

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

To discover whether honeyguides associate ‘brrr-hm’ with a specific meaning , Spottiswoode made recordings of this call and two kinds of ‘control’ sounds : arbitrary words called out by the honey-hunters and the calls of another bird species.

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)