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Nov 28, 2009
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FM




1. Electronics.frequency modulation: a method of impressing a signal on a radio carrier wave by varying the frequency of the carrier wave.
2. Radio.a system of radio broadcasting by means of frequency modulation.
3. of, pertaining to, or utilizing such a system. Cf. AM.

Fm




—Symbol, Chem.
fermium.

fm




—Symbol, Physics.
femtometer.

fm.




1. fathom.
2. from.

f.m.




(in prescriptions) make a mixture.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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