AAM

AAM

AAM is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:
* Air-to-air missile, a guided missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft
* American Association of Museums, an organization for museum professionals
* American Axle & Manufacturing, a Tier 1 automotive supplier of driveline and chassis components
* Anti-Apartheid Movement
* Army Achievement Medal, a decoration of the US Army
* ASCII Adjust after Multiplication: see Intel BCD opcodes#Multiplication
* Active Appearance Model, a method for image detection, using statistical models
* Automatic Acoustic Management, a technology to reduce hard drive seek noise
* IATA airport code for Mala Mala Airport in Mala Mala, South Africa


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  • Aam — ([add]m or [aum]m), n. [D. aam, fr. LL. ama; cf. L. hama a water bucket, Gr. ?] A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 361/2, at Hamburg 383/4. [Written also {Aum}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • AAM — 〈Biol.; Abk. für〉 angeborener auslösender Mechanismus (der nach dem Auftreten eines Schlüsselreizes eine entsprechende Instinkthandlung in Gang setzt) * * * AAM,   Abkürzung für angeborener Auslösemechanismus …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Aam — die; , e <aus gleichbed. niederl. aam, dies aus kirchenlat. ama> svw. ↑Ahm …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • Aam — Aam, Maß, so v.w. Ohm …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Aam — (d.h. Ohm), älteres holländ. Flüssigkeitsmaß, = 4 Anker zu 2 Steekkan = 155,22 Lit., für Bier = 157,25 L., am Kap (Anm) = 143,84 L …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Aam — Aam, älteres holländisches und dänisches Flüssigkeitsmaß, in holländisch Westindien = 155,224 l, am Kap (hier auch als Aum bezeichnet) = 143,838 l …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Aam — Aam, norweg. Flüssigkeitsmaß, s. Ohm …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • AAM — AAM, angeborener auslösender Mechanismus ⇒ auslösender Mechanismus …   Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie

  • AAM — (air to air missile) missile that is launched from an aircraft and is intended to strike another airborne target …   English contemporary dictionary

  • AAM — abbrev. air to air missile …   English World dictionary

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