NM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does NM mean? 

• NM (noun)
  The noun NM has 2 senses:

1. a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter

2. a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border

  Familiarity information: NM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

micromillimeter; micromillimetre; millimicron; nanometer; nanometre; nm

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "nm"):

A; angstrom; angstrom unit (a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation)

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

micrometer; micron (a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Land of Enchantment; N.M.; New Mexico; NM

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "NM"):

Carlsbad Caverns National Park (a national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations)

Wheeler Peak (a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains)

Sacramento Mountains (mountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande)

Pecos; Pecos River (a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas)

Llano Estacado (a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains)

Guadalupe Mountains (a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains)

Gila; Gila River (a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River)

Colorado Plateau (a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner)

Cimarron; Cimarron River (a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River)

Carlsbad Caverns (a group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites)

Canadian; Canadian River (a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma)

Brazos; Brazos River (a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico)

Chihuahuan Desert (a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico)

Taos (an artist colony in northern New Mexico)

Silver City (a town in southwestern New Mexico)

capital of New Mexico; Santa Fe (capital of the state of New Mexico; located in north central New Mexico)

Roswell (a town in southeast New Mexico)

Los Alamos (a town in north central New Mexico; in 1942 it was chosen as a nuclear research site where the first atomic bombs were produced)

Las Cruces (a town in southern New Mexico on the Rio Grande)

Gallup (a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border)

Farmington (a town in northwestern New Mexico)

Carlsbad (a town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border; potash deposits)

Albuquerque (the largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river)

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

Southwest; southwestern United States (the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado)

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

 Context examples 

These technologies share the concept of scanning an extremely sharp tip (3-50 nm radius of curvature) across the object surface.

(Atomic Resolution Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, the bevacizumab moiety of bevacizumab-IRDye 800CW binds to VEGF and the fluorescent signal can be visualized using NIR fluorescence imaging (700-1,000 nm).

(Bevacizumab-IRDye 800CW, NCI Thesaurus)

Virions are enveloped and usually spherical or pleomorphic, 50-120 nm in diameter.

(Influenza B Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Fibers which are elongated and cylindrical in shape and less than 100 nm in length.

(Nanofiber, NCI Thesaurus)

A secretory vesicle between 30 and 90 nm in diameter that can play a role in receptor recycling, plasma membrane protein shedding, and the secretion of proteins and RNA.

(Exosome, NCI Thesaurus)

The utilization of small (<100 nm), stable particles in a variety of technologies.

(Nanoparticle Application, NCI Thesaurus)

An octagonal opening, about 70 nm across, where the inner and outer membranes of the nuclear envelope are continuous.

(Nuclear Pore, NCI Thesaurus)

Virions are enveloped and usually spherical or pleomorphic, 80-120 nm in diameter.

(influenza A virus, NCI Thesaurus)

NM-3 inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a pro-angiogenic growth factor, thereby inhibiting endothelial cell proliferation.

(NM-3, NCI Thesaurus)

The virion is variable in shape and size with an average diameter of between 120 and 300 nm.

(Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus, NCI Thesaurus)