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EDM en · NOUN · etymology 1

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1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:electrics, uncountable) Initialism of electrical discharge machining.
   alt of electrical discharge machining
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of electronic document management.
   alt of electronic document management
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of entity data model.
   alt of entity data model
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of engineering data management.
   alt of engineering data management
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of electronic dance music.
   alt of electronic dance music
   • But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days). 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:
6. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of early day motion.
   alt of early day motion
   • On Tuesday, the SNP lodged an early-day motion (EDM) to formally remove Prince Andrew’s title as Duke of York, which he has said he will no longer use. […] EDMs rarely have any effect apart from generating publicity for a cause, but if a significant number of cross-party names were to sign the SNP motion it would act as a method for piling pressure on the government. 2025 October 21, Jessica Elgot, “MPs move to lodge parliamentary motion to strip Prince Andrew of dukedom”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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wikidata: Q5326798 · wikidata: Q30901933 · wikidata: Q577484 · wikidata: Q105858277 · wikidata: Q851213

EDM en · PROPN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Edmonton.
   alt of Edmonton

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