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Mo

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Mo
The symbol for the element molybdenum.

MO
abbr.
1. mail order
2. medical officer
3. also Mo. Missouri
4. modus operandi
5. money order

mo
Noun
Informal, chiefly Brit short for moment (sense 1)

Mo Chem molybdenum
MO
1. Medical Officer
2. Missouri

Mo
The symbol for molybdenum.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Momo - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time"
instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, blink of an eye, heartbeat, flash - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
2.MoMo - a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel
metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
molybdenite - a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds
3.MoMO - a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)
U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - 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
Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Cape Girardeau - a town in southeast Missouri
Columbia - a university town in central Missouri
Hannibal - a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain
Independence - a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail
capital of Missouri, Jefferson City - capital of the state of Missouri; located in central Missouri on the Missouri river
Kansas City - a city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas
Poplar Bluff - a town in southeast Missouri
St. Joseph, Saint Joseph - a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express
Gateway to the West, St. Louis, Saint Louis - the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century
Sedalia - a town in east central Missouri
Springfield - a city of southwestern Missouri
Osage River, Osage - a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River
Saint Francis River, St. Francis River, Saint Francis, St. Francis - a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas
White River, White - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
Translations
MO n abbr (Med) (= medical officer) (US) (inf) (= modus operandi) → méthode f
abbr (US) (= Missouri)
MO n abbr (= medical officer) → Sanitätsoffizier m;
(US) (inf) = modus operandi
MO n abbr (= medical officer) (US ) (col) (= modus operandi) → modo d'agire
abbr (US) (= Missouri)


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