SAM

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"

Translingual

Proper noun

SAM

(sports) Abbreviation of Samoa.

English

Noun

SAM (plural SAMs)

(military) surface-to-air missile
(space science, NASA) Acronym of Sample Analysis at Mars. (It is a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory onboard the Curiosity rover on Mars.)
(nanotechnology) Initialism of self-assembled monolayer.

Related terms

AAM, ASM, SSM

Translations

surface-to-air missile

German: FlaRak f

Anagrams

'ams, -mas, AMS, ASM, M. A. S., M.A.S., M.A.s, MAS, MAs, MSA, SMA, mas, sma

Irish

Etymology

Initialism of Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá.

Proper noun

SAM m pl (genitive SAM)

USA

Rugadh Bruce Springsteen sna SAM.
Bruce Springsteen was born in the USA.

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