Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An abbreviation of memorandum, placed before a note of something to be remembered.
- n. The thirteenth letter () in the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to the English masculine Its numerical value is XL.
- n. An abbreviation of member;
- n. of the Latin memento, remember;
- n. of memoir.
Wiktionary
- n. The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Etymologies
- From Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mem, "water"), from Proto-Semitic *maʾ- (“*maʾ-/*may-”). (Wiktionary)
- Hebrew, of Phoenician origin; see my2 in Semitic roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“They burn out because people stop writing about them … if you think a mem is worth spending time on and don’t write about, you’re part of the problem.”
“Besides, the presence of the yodh may well be due to the formative ending mem, which is generally the sign of abstract nouns.”
“* Mélbən, cf Mílburn, BrE * Mílbən méltdown noun one word meménto remember cf.”
“Those devices that allow the user to to set the memory base use a global variable called mem, and then set the mem_end address appropriately themselves.”
Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community
“This may sound like a small thing for every hacker out there, but it also seems like the new release will bring along official support for virtual mem, which is a pretty nice thing to have on such a low mem device.”
“For testing, I set up a new Rails project called mem: rails mem”
“Just for some clarification it's pronounced the same way "mem" would be such as in the word "memory".”
“I subscribe to the tech'mem'd world of quality sources, not quantity.”
“I always assumed it was pronounced "mem" like the French word for 'same' because a meme repeats itself over and over.”
“The person or board issuing such permits shall forthwith give notice to the head of the police department of the municipality and to the registrar of the name, place of residence and address of each person to whom such permit is issued and the name of the maker, the engine number and the registration number of each vehicle upon which the red light is to be displayed, and said person or board shall certify under penalties of perjury that each person to whom a permit has been issued is a duly authorized fire ward, forest harden, deputy forest warden, member, or call mem - ber of a fire department.”
Internet Archive: Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mem’.
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Palindromes
tenet, �?ΙΨΟ�? Α�?ΟΜΗΜΑΤ..., rotator, kayak, tattarrattat, detartrated, racecar, level, step on no pets, fall leaves after..., level, madam, level!, reviver and 108 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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WF - palindromes
alula, anna, bib, bob, civic, dad, deed, dud, DVD, eve, ewe, eye and 91 more...
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Letters
See also The Phonetic alphabet by oroboros.
aye, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, eff, gee, aitch, eye, jay, kay and 452 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DELIGHT
Words a dyslexic can't get wrong: Palindromes
retartrater, redivider, level, noon, rotor, civic, peep, eke, deed, tenet, reviver, hannah and 145 more...
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3LW
3 letter words, not the girl band.
boggle and speed scrabble would not be half as fun without them.aah, boa, dot, fun, ick, log, oca, pyx, sos, was, aal, bob and 342 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1493 more...
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Phonecian Alphabet
taw, shin, resh, qoph, tsade, pe, ayin, samekh, nun, mem, lamedh, kaph and 10 more...
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Thirteen
triskaidecagon, tridecagon, demiculverin, enneagynia, terzdecimole, trecena, monogynia, sash-saw, digynia, threttene, baker’s dozen, triskaidekaphobia and 40 more...
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Luggage Tags
Significant airport codes.
bwi, ord, dfw, dlh, atl, hnl, ind, jax, jfk, mci, lga, bos and 79 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mem.

lampbane Memphis International Airport. Oct 21, 2008