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REM en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From the initial letters of rapid eye movement.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of rapid eye movement.
   alt of rapid eye movement
   • Similarly, the brain-penetrating Hrh2 antagonist zolantidine had no effect on light-induced phase shift as shown for hamsters, or the lengths or distributions of NREM, REM and wakefulness states as shown on rats. 2015 December 11, “On the Role of Histamine Receptors in the Regulation of Circadian Rhythms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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REM sleep

wikipedia: rapid eye movement

REM en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Clippings * (remaining time): Clipping of remaining. * (remark): Clipping of remark.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of remaining time.
   alt of remaining time
2. A remark (programming language statement used for documentation).
   • I think it should be upgraded to Visual BASIC, but I'm no good at that. So maybe someone here would like to take a crack at it. There are only 40 lines of active code, plus a few REMs. About 100 BASIC commands altogether. 2006 December 24, David Williams, “satellite program”, in comp.lang.basic.visual.misc (Usenet):

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REM en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

Abbreviation

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1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of rare earth metal.
   alt of rare earth metal
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of reactive electrochemical membrane.
   alt of reactive electrochemical membrane
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Reference Exit Marker.
   alt of Reference Exit Marker

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