Ms. n : a form of address for a woman that does not depend on her marital statusMS

1 a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers [syn: multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis]

2 a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War [syn: Mississippi, Magnolia State]

3 a master's degree in science [syn: Master of Science, SM, MSc]

4 the form of a literary work submitted for publication [syn: manuscript]

Translingual

Symbol

Ms

English

Etymology

Originally an 18th-century abbreviation of Mistress (compare Mrs); adopted by feminists from the 1970s onwards as a non-sexist title that does not reveal or assume the marital status of the woman to which it is applied, by analogy with Mr, which functions in this way

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪz

Abbreviation

Ms. or Ms (British)

1. A title used before an adult female's name or surname instead of Miss or Mrs.

   Ms. Jane Doe

   Ms. Doe

Usage notes

See the notes in the Wikipedia article

See also

• Wikipedia article on "Ms."
• Dr.
• Mr.
• Mrs.
• Miss

MS may refer to:

• Ms., an honorific title for women
• Ms. (magazine), an American feminist magazine
• .ms, the Internet country code top-level domain for Montserrat
• Manuscript, a hand-written document
• Mississippi, a state in the United States of America
• Multiple sclerosis, a chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease

In science and technology:

• Mass spectrometry, a method of determining the chemical composition or exact mass of molecules
• Master of Science, a postgraduate university Master's degree
• Master of Surgery, an advanced medical degree
• Megasiemens (MS) or Millisiemens (mS), units of electric conductance based on the siemens
• Millisecond ms, a unit of time equal to one thousandth of a second
• Mobile station, equipment used for communication
• Motor ship, a ship propelled by motor
• Misznay-Schardin effect

In organisations:

• Microsoft, an American software company
• Morgan Stanley, an US investment bank with NYSE stock ticker symbol MS, and the domain MS.com
• EgyptAir's IATA code
• Middle school, in Canada and the USA, a school providing intermediate education
• Master Seaman, a non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Navy
• Mess Management Specialist, a U.S. Navy occupational rating superseded by the term Culinary Specialist

In other uses:

• Malay language's ISO 639-1 language code
• Mara Salvatrucha, large criminal gangs in Central America and the U.S.
• Mobile Suit, fictional technological machinery of the Gundam universe
• Spesmilo, an obsolete currency unit whose symbol resembles mS
• , a French section equivalent to junior kindergarten

See also

• M&S (disambiguation)
• SM (disambiguation)

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