HMS en · NOUN
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Ship (prefix for ships in the navy of a monarchy, such as the British Royal Navy).
alt of His/Her Majesty's Ship
One of the other two nations to operate the F-35B, the United Kingdom, has had US versions of the jet operating off its HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.
2018 November 29, Brad Lendon, Zachary Cohen, “Japan preparing to put US-designed stealth jets on an ‘aircraft carrier’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2025:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Service.
alt of His/Her Majesty's Service
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Initialism of hour-minute-second: ▸ A format for writing decimal angles.
36.24° = 36° 14' 24"
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Initialism of hour-minute-second: ▸ A 24 or 12-hour time format that includes seconds, in addition to hours and minutes.
14:37:12 = 14:37 (2:37 pm) and 12 seconds
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Initialism of hour-minute-second: ▸ A format for writing decimal time, usually associated with base-10 time such as during the French Revolution.
7.4138 base-10 decimal hours = 7ʰ 41ᵐ 38ˢ
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of hypermobility syndrome.
alt of hypermobility syndrome
Coordinates
USS · IJN · DHM (times) · ROCS · ROKS · RFS · mil (angles) · DHMS (times) · FS · radian (angles) · gradian (angles) · DD (angles)
Relateds
HMTSS · HNMS · HBMS · HSwMS · HMCS · HMNZS · OHMBS · HDMS · HNoMS · HNLMS · HMAS