Pmn.²

Brit.

/piːˈɛm/, U.S.

/piˈɛm/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: promethium n.

Etymology: Symbolic abbreviation for promethium n.

Chemistry.

The element promethium.

ΚΠ

1948 J. A. Marinksy & L. E. Glendenin in Chem. & Engin. News 9 Aug. 2348/2 We propose, therefore, the name ‘prometheum’ (symbol Pm) for element 61.

1984 N. N. Greenwood & A. Earnshaw Chem. of Elements (1986) xxx. 1425 Even Tm, the rarest after Pm, is rather more abundant than I.

2003 Chem. Mater. 15 3966/1 To sustain phosphorescence, radioactive elements, such as radium.., tritium.., and promethium (¹⁴⁷Pm) were added to ZnS:Cu phosphor.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

p.m.adv.n.¹

Brit.

/ˌpiːˈɛm/, U.S.

/ˌpiˈɛm/

Forms: also with capital initials and without points.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin p.m.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin p.m. (1596 or earlier), initialism < classical Latin post merīdiem post meridiem adv. Compare a.m. adv.

A. adv.

After noon; = post meridiem adv.Characteristically following a statement of time (to distinguish it from a.m. (a.m. adv.)).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > afternoon > afternoon [phrase]

p.m.1642

postmeridian1681

1642 Order of Assistance to Comm. (single sheet) Die Jovis 28. April. 1642. p. m. Ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, That the abovesaid Order shall be forthwith printed and published.

1653 G. Wharton Merlinus Anglicus To Rdr. sig. A2 Calculated from the influence of the first Opposition upon Saturn and Jupiter, 27 Feb. 52, and 53, 7 h. 16. P.M.

1735 H. Forth Let. 18 Jan. in Philos. Trans. Abridged 1732–44 (Royal Soc.) (1747) 8 ii. 497 The 8th in the Morning I found my Glass fallen to 28 Inches, 38 Parts, and at Four o'Clock p.m. down to 28 Inches, 5 Parts.

1797 Time Piece; & Lit. Compan. 23 June (advt.) He requests [them] to call at his room from 10 to 12 A.M. and from 3 to 5 P.M.

1810 Philos. Mag. Mar. 239 December 17th, the Barometer at 11 PM stood at 28-25f.

1845 Punch 25 Jan. 54/2 The lights along the Hampstead Road still persist in turning day into night, and burning for several hours after p.m.

1965 New Statesman 23 Apr. 661/3 While I am abroad..entries must reach the office Monday p.m.

1980 W. Abish How German is It? iii. xxv. 153 Franz..was planning to use the library on his break at three p.m.

2003 Orange Coast Mag. Mar. 174/2 Open from 6:30 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and from 6:30 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday.

B. n.¹

colloquial. The afternoon; an afternoon. Cf. a.m. n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > afternoon > [noun]

evenOE

overnoonOE

midovernoona1325

afternoonc1330

mid-afternoona1400

undern1470

after-dinner1576

postmeridian1583

evening1587

post meridiem1647

none1656

noon1667

postnoon1686

aft1772

p.m.1776

after1906

pip emma1912

arvo1933

pee em1933

afty1966

1776 S. Curwen Jrnl. 4 Dec. (1972) I. 279 Passed the PM, and evening at Quadrille with Mrs. A[mes] by whose and sister's Miss White's invitation am to spend tomorrow's PM and Evening at their House.

1807 Med. & Agric. Reg. for 1806–7 May 271 On the Thursday following, was a considerable fall of snow, which began in the P.M. and continued great part of the night.

1836 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 18 New Ser. 103 Eleven days before in the PM, there fell in a shower of short continuance, more than six inches of rain.

1889 D. S. Spencer Jrnl. 8 Dec. in Gospel in All Lands (1890) 187/2 Worked in the morning with my teacher; in the P.M. attended Mission Station meeting.

1922 G. A. Wood Disc. Austral. xxiii. 413 In all the log books or journals except one..the landing is described as taking place in the pm of Sunday, April 29.

1974 F. Nolan Oshawa Project xx. 119 Staff meeting this pm at 1500 hours.

1995 T. R. Hargrove Long March to Freedom (2007) 212 [He] burned a stack of my chuzco this P.M. Said it was a mistake, but I can't see how.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> as lemmas

PM n. Prime Minister.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state > British prime minister

prime minister of state1640

prime minister1655

grand pensionary1771

PM1907

prime1916

1907 W. S. Churchill Let. 27 Mar. in R. S. Churchill Winston Churchill (1969) II. Compan. I. 653 Could not you or the PM send him a ‘private & personal’ urging him not to fail us.

1915 D. Lloyd George Family Lett. (1973) 178 It was found impossible..for the P.M. to hold Exchequer during the time I am occupied in organising Munitions.

1998 Daily Mirror 1 Apr. 6/2 What hurts the PM's official spokesman most is lack of control over his own fate.

单词	pm
释义	Pmn.² Brit. /piːˈɛm/, U.S. /piˈɛm/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: promethium n. Etymology: Symbolic abbreviation for promethium n. Chemistry. The element promethium. ΚΠ 1948 J. A. Marinksy & L. E. Glendenin in Chem. & Engin. News 9 Aug. 2348/2 We propose, therefore, the name ‘prometheum’ (symbol Pm) for element 61. 1984 N. N. Greenwood & A. Earnshaw Chem. of Elements (1986) xxx. 1425 Even Tm, the rarest after Pm, is rather more abundant than I. 2003 Chem. Mater. 15 3966/1 To sustain phosphorescence, radioactive elements, such as radium.., tritium.., and promethium (¹⁴⁷Pm) were added to ZnS:Cu phosphor. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). p.m.adv.n.¹ Brit. /ˌpiːˈɛm/, U.S. /ˌpiˈɛm/ Forms: also with capital initials and without points. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin p.m. Etymology: < post-classical Latin p.m. (1596 or earlier), initialism < classical Latin post merīdiem post meridiem adv. Compare a.m. adv. A. adv. After noon; = post meridiem adv.Characteristically following a statement of time (to distinguish it from a.m. (a.m. adv.)). ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > afternoon > afternoon [phrase] p.m.1642 postmeridian1681 1642 Order of Assistance to Comm. (single sheet) Die Jovis 28. April. 1642. p. m. Ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, That the abovesaid Order shall be forthwith printed and published. 1653 G. Wharton Merlinus Anglicus To Rdr. sig. A2 Calculated from the influence of the first Opposition upon Saturn and Jupiter, 27 Feb. 52, and 53, 7 h. 16. P.M. 1735 H. Forth Let. 18 Jan. in Philos. Trans. Abridged 1732–44 (Royal Soc.) (1747) 8 ii. 497 The 8th in the Morning I found my Glass fallen to 28 Inches, 38 Parts, and at Four o'Clock p.m. down to 28 Inches, 5 Parts. 1797 Time Piece; & Lit. Compan. 23 June (advt.) He requests [them] to call at his room from 10 to 12 A.M. and from 3 to 5 P.M. 1810 Philos. Mag. Mar. 239 December 17th, the Barometer at 11 PM stood at 28-25f. 1845 Punch 25 Jan. 54/2 The lights along the Hampstead Road still persist in turning day into night, and burning for several hours after p.m. 1965 New Statesman 23 Apr. 661/3 While I am abroad..entries must reach the office Monday p.m. 1980 W. Abish How German is It? iii. xxv. 153 Franz..was planning to use the library on his break at three p.m. 2003 Orange Coast Mag. Mar. 174/2 Open from 6:30 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and from 6:30 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday. B. n.¹ colloquial. The afternoon; an afternoon. Cf. a.m. n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > afternoon > [noun] evenOE overnoonOE midovernoona1325 afternoonc1330 mid-afternoona1400 undern1470 after-dinner1576 postmeridian1583 evening1587 post meridiem1647 none1656 noon1667 postnoon1686 aft1772 p.m.1776 after1906 pip emma1912 arvo1933 pee em1933 afty1966 1776 S. Curwen Jrnl. 4 Dec. (1972) I. 279 Passed the PM, and evening at Quadrille with Mrs. A[mes] by whose and sister's Miss White's invitation am to spend tomorrow's PM and Evening at their House. 1807 Med. & Agric. Reg. for 1806–7 May 271 On the Thursday following, was a considerable fall of snow, which began in the P.M. and continued great part of the night. 1836 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 18 New Ser. 103 Eleven days before in the PM, there fell in a shower of short continuance, more than six inches of rain. 1889 D. S. Spencer Jrnl. 8 Dec. in Gospel in All Lands (1890) 187/2 Worked in the morning with my teacher; in the P.M. attended Mission Station meeting. 1922 G. A. Wood Disc. Austral. xxiii. 413 In all the log books or journals except one..the landing is described as taking place in the pm of Sunday, April 29. 1974 F. Nolan Oshawa Project xx. 119 Staff meeting this pm at 1500 hours. 1995 T. R. Hargrove Long March to Freedom (2007) 212 [He] burned a stack of my chuzco this P.M. Said it was a mistake, but I can't see how. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas P.M. P.M. n. particular (also: peculiar, proper) metre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > metre used only for particular hymn peculiar (also proper) metreOE P.M.1764 1764 A. Williams Universal Psalmodist (ed. 2) 87 Hallifax. Hymn 50^tḥ..P.M. a1912 W. T. Rogers Dict. Abbrev. (1913) 152/2 P.M. (mus.), peculiar metre (of hymns). extracted from Pn. PM PM adj. and n. (also pm) post-mortem, that takes place after death; (also) an autopsy. ΚΠ 1834 in D. E. Manuel Walking Paris Hospitals (2004) 88 Went to Andral's wards at La Pitié this morning—capital P.M. Examination. 1907 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 79 124 No P.M. exam. = A post-mortem examination was not made. 1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club xvi. 187 The advisability of a P.M. in all cases of sudden death. 2003 Toronto Star (Nexis) 12 Jan. f7 In our family, the best part of any holiday, event or party is the post mortem, known fondly as the P.M. It's considered fair play to indulge in constructive criticism and comment without personalizing. extracted from Pn. PM PM n. Prime Minister. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state > British prime minister prime minister of state1640 prime minister1655 grand pensionary1771 PM1907 prime1916 1907 W. S. Churchill Let. 27 Mar. in R. S. Churchill Winston Churchill (1969) II. Compan. I. 653 Could not you or the PM send him a ‘private & personal’ urging him not to fail us. 1915 D. Lloyd George Family Lett. (1973) 178 It was found impossible..for the P.M. to hold Exchequer during the time I am occupied in organising Munitions. 1998 Daily Mirror 1 Apr. 6/2 What hurts the PM's official spokesman most is lack of control over his own fate. extracted from Pn. < n.²1948adv.n.¹1642 as lemmas
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Pmn.2

p.m.adv.n.1

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Pmn.²

p.m.adv.n.¹