Ms - Definition and Overview

• ms may stand for:
  • an SI unit of time, the millisecond

• Ms may stand for:
  • a female title, Ms.
  • Ms. magazine
  • in seismology, the surface wave magnitude (a measurement of an earthquake)

• MS may be:
  • one of the following standardised ID codes:
    • the Iso 3166-1 country code for Montserrat
    • the IATA code for EgyptAir
    • a ship prefix (nautical vessel designation) for a motor ship used in most countries
    • in the United States, the postal abbreviation for the U.S. state of Mississippi
  • an acronym for one of the following:
    • a manuscript (plural: MSS)
    • in academia and titles, a Master of Science
    • in medicine, multiple sclerosis or mitral stenosis
    • in computing, the US software company, Microsoft
    • in statistics, the mean square (or mean of the squares of a set of data)
    • in physics, mass spectrometry or a mass spectrometer
    • In the armed forces, military science or military shipping
    • in EU politics, member states
    • in music, M.S. Subbulakshmi, the Indian carnatic singer
    • mad scientist
    • the shopping chain, Marks and Spencers (more usually abbreviated as M&S)
    • in computer gaming:
      • the software company and package, Macrosutra
      • the now defunct UK software company, Mirrorsoft
      • the first-person shooter game, Magestorm
      • the two-dimensional puzzle game, Minesweeper
      • metal sonic
      • a mother ship
      • Marus Seru
      • metal slug