Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pm

4 senses of pm

Sense 1
autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination -- (an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease)
       => examination, scrutiny -- (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Sense 2
promethium, Pm, atomic number 61 -- (a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium)
       => metallic element, metal -- (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Sense 3
Prime Minister, PM, premier -- (the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom)
       => head of state, chief of state -- (the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government)

Sense 4
phase modulation, PM -- (modulation of the phase of the carrier wave)
       => modulation -- ((electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase)