mem

noun

1. The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang)Clipping of memory.

   “We can't BELIEVE it's been #9YearsofLittleMix?! Aside from the girls slaying every #BRITs look they've had, what's your fave mem? (we know it's a hard q!) 👀💖”

   “6. Throw Away the Mems [chapter title] ¶ Now that you’ve got some theme music, it’s time to take that old teddy bear and V-Day card and toss ‘em in the dumpster.”

3. A memory access as part of processing.
4. (South-Asia, historical)A white European woman, especially the wife of an official; a memsahib.

   “With their husbands out all day, the mems had almost nothing to do, unless they were among the few prepared to interest themselves in local charities or community work.”

5. (India, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of ma'am.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang)Clipping of member.

   “Make him footrace Dayne and then block Dayne. Wait, then we would get 1/2 the amt of quality recording and lose a mem of the community!”

   “And that its^([sic]) not his cousin or grandma laying^([sic]) next to him (he said it was a family outing, I assume he meant other mems of his family and not just his imidiate^([sic]) family).”

   “Great resource! It's going out to all mems of my band today.”

7. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Master of Engineering Management.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Master of Environmental Management.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of 2 or 5-Dimethoxy-4-ethoxyamphetamine.

   “All along he made drugs: 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethoxyamphetamine, or MEM for short, was his Rosetta stone, a "valuable and dramatic compound" that opened the door to a whole class of drugs based on changes at the "4 position" of a molecule's central carbon ring.”

10. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of β-Methoxyethoxymethyl ether, a protecting group in chemistry.
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of monocular estimate method.
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of model exercise mode.