DM

See also:.dm,D.M.,Dm,d.m.,anddm

Translingual

Symbol

DM

1. (international standards)ISO 3166-1alpha-2country codeforDominica.

   Synonym:DMA(alpha-3)

English

Noun

DM(countableanduncountable,pluralDMs)

1. (computing,DWH)Initialism ofdimensional modeling.
2. (logic)Initialism ofDe Morgan’s law.
   • 2004August, J. L. Schellenberg, “The Atheist’s Free Will Offence”, inInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion,volume 56, № 1, pages 11-12:

     Let ‘F’ stand for the state of affairs that consists in finite persons possessing and exercising free will. Let ‘p’ stand for ‘God exists’; ‘q’ for ‘F obtains’; ‘r’ for ‘F poses a serious risk of evil’; and ‘s’ for ‘There is no option available to God that counters F.’ With this in place, the argument may be formalized as follows:
     (1) [(p & q) & r] → s Premiss
     (2) ~s        Premiss
     (3) ~[(p & q) & r]   1, 2 MT
     (4) ~(p & q) v ~r    3DM
     (5) r         Premiss
     (6) ~(p & q)      4, 5 DS
     (7) ~p v ~q      6DM
     (3) follows from the conjunction of (1) and (2) bymodus tollens;De Morgan’s law applied to (3) yields (4); (4) and (5) together lead to (6) by disjunctive syllogism; and another application of De Morgan’s law takes us from (6) to the final conclusion, according to which either God exists or there is free will (but not both).

3. (money)Initialism ofDeutsche Mark.

   Synonym:(official banking code)DEM

4. (nutrition)Initialism ofdrymatter.
5. (pathology)Initialism ofdiabetes mellitus.
6. (pathology)Initialism ofdermatomyositis.
7. (organic chemistry)adamsite,diphenylaminechlorarsine
8. (physics,astronomy)Abbreviationofdark matter.

   Hyponyms:CDM,HDM,FDM

9. (pharmacology)Abbreviationofdextromethorphan;alsoDXM.
10. (rail transport,in multiple unit formations)driving motorcar
11. (roleplaying games)Initialism ofdungeon master.

    Synonyms:GM,ST

13. (Internet)Initialism ofdirectmessage(type of message onsocial mediaplatforms).

    Synonym:PM(“private message”)

    Coordinate terms:PM,IM

    • 2012,Scott Stratten, Alison Kramer,UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging:

      He later sent me aDMmentioning that he would send me what he wears because he does a lot of walking. This is where the relationships online can get a wee bit weird.

14. Initialism ofduty manager.
15. (philosophy)Initialism ofdialectical materialism.
16. (BDSM)Initialism ofdungeon monitor.
17. (colloquial)ADr. Martensbootorshoe.
    • 2012,W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh,Outsider,page19:

      She kicked a hardback book with her leftDMboot (14 eyelets were the minimum she would settle for), but the bestseller persisted in her path.

18. (soccer)Initialism ofdefensivemidfielder.
19. (underwaterdiving)Initialism ofdivemaster.
20. (occupational health)Initialism ofdustandmist.

Derived terms

• (direct message):slide into the DMs

Verb

DM(third-person singular simple presentDMs,present participleDMing,simple past and past participleDMedorDM'd)

1. ToDungeon Master;to perform as adungeon master;to run atabletoprole-playinggame.

   Synonym:GM

2. To communicate by direct message, usually on a social website.
   • 2021August 2,Tyrone Mings,quotee, “Tyrone Mings Opens Up over Mental Health Struggles ahead of Euro 2020”, inYahoo! Sports‎^[1],archived fromthe originalon4 August 2021:

     Rio[Ferdinand]DM’dme after the tournament. He’d said I was the weak link, and that Croatia should be targeting me.

Proper noun

DM

1. (UK)Initialism ofDaily Mail.(a national newspaper)
2. (linguistics)Initialism ofDistributed Morphology.

Anagrams

• M. D.,M.D.,MD,Md,m.d.,m/d

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/deːˈʔɛm/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

DMf(genitiveDM,no plural)

1. (money,historical)Initialism ofDeutsche Mark.

   Coordinate term:M

Declension

Declension ofDM[sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	DM
genitive	einer	der	DM
dative	einer	der	DM
accusative	eine	die	DM

Latin

Alternative forms

• D.M.

Phrase

DM

1. Initialism ofDīs Mānibus,to/for theSpiritsof theDead,to/for theSpiritof theDeceased.

Usage notes

Extremely common as an initial formula on classical and late Roman tombstones, both pagan and Christian. CompareSDin Roman letter-writing.

Further reading

• "How to Parse Dis Manibus Syntactically"at the Latin StackExchange

Swedish

Noun

DMn

1. Abbreviationofdistriktmästerskap(“district championship”).[since 1925]
2. Abbreviationofdirektmeddelande(“direct message”).

Declension

Declension ofDM

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	DM	DM:s
	definite	DM:et	DM:ets
plural	indefinite	DM	DM:s
	definite	DM:en	DM:ens

Derived terms

(district championship):

• DM-brons(“district championship bronze”)
• DM-guld(“district championship gold”)
• DM-silver(“district championship silver”)
• DM-vinnare(“district championship winner”)

(direct message):

• DM:a(“DM”,verb)

See also

• dm(“decimetre”)