STM

English

Noun

STM (countable and uncountable, plural STMs)

1. (microscopy) Initialism of scanning tunneling microscope.
2. (train control) Initialism of specific transmission module.
3. (publishing industry) Initialism of scientific, technical, and medicine.
4. (physical therapy) Initialism of soft tissue mobilization.
5. (cognitive science) Initialism of short-term memory.

   Coordinate term: LTM

   • 2021, Stephen Grossberg, Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62:

     The distinction between STM and LTM should not be taken for granted. Due to the strong interactions between these distinct processes, they can be confused or lumped together.

6. (computing theory) Initialism of software transactional memory.
7. (Christianity) Initialism of short-term mission.

Hyponyms

• (train control): SE, SN

Anagrams

• MST, MTS, MTs, Mst., Mts, Mts., SMT, TMS, TMs, mts, mts.

French

Proper noun

STM f

1. (transport) initialism of Société de transport de Montréal; the MTC; the transit corporation for the island and megacity of Montreal; in 2002 it replaced the STCUM

See also

• CTM
• SPVM
• Montréal

Anagrams

• MST

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈte.ɛm/, [ɛsˈt̪e.ɛm]

Noun

STM (plural STM-STM)

1. (education, historical) initialism of sekolah teknik menengah
2. (management) initialism of surat tanda melaporkan

Further reading

• “STM”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016