CM

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CM^¹

Where it comes from

Sense "commercial" is a borrowing from Japanese CM (CM, “commercial video ad”), from English commercial + message.

noun CMs

India, Pakistan, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of chief minister
Canada, countable, uncountable A member of the Order of Canada.
Japan, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of commercial message (“commercial video ad”).
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Candidate Master
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of command module
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of cryptographic module
abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of configuration management
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of cruise missile
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Cohen-Macaulay
abbreviation, archaic, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of common meter
abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of child maintenance
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of community manager

proper noun

abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of College of Medicine
US, abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Command Module (“Apollo Command Module”).

cM^²

noun cM

abbreviation Abbreviation of centimorgan

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: centimeter, centimetre, curium, centimeters, centimetres, inches, cabinet, mcs, cms, acorn, aperture, archine, arid, basil, bloodhound, bullmastiff

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"CM." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

CM. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cm

Chicago

"CM." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cm.

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@misc{cm_2026,
  title = {CM},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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