MR

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mr"

Translingual

Etymology 1

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MR

(metrology) The megarayleigh, a unit of measurement of luminous flux, used to measure air glow.

Etymology 2

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MR

(metrology) The megaröntgen (or megaroentgen), an obsolete unit of measurement of radio-active dose.

Etymology 3

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MR

(international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Mauritania.
Synonym: MRT (alpha-3)

Etymology 4

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MR

World Meteorological Organization country code for Martinique.

Etymology 5

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MR

Library of Congress MARC country code for Morocco.

English

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Proper noun

MR

(UK, rail transport) Initialism of Midland Railway.
Synonym: Midland

Noun

MR (countable and uncountable, plural MRs)

Clipping of MRI (“magnetic resonance image/imager/imaging”).
- 2007 March 30, Elizabeth Mossis, M.D. (guest),“Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines”, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday, Ira Flatow (host), National Public Radio
(pharmacology, medicine) Initialism of modified release.
- 2014 April, Ken Seufert, “The New Dawn of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Innovative Solutions for Unprecedented Challenges”, in American Pharmaceutical Review, 17(3):8:
  Controlled release (CR), modified release (MR), orally disintegrating tablets (ODT), and other innovative dosage forms are still of interest to both pharmaceutical producers and suppliers.
(cardiology) Initialism of mitral regurgitation.
Synonym: MI
(biochemistry) Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor.
(prison system) Initialism of mandatory release.
(sports) Initialism of meeting record, the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting.
(US military) Acronym of memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record.
Synonym: MFR
(software engineering) Initialism of merge request.
Synonym: PR
(computing) Initialism of mixed reality.
Coordinate terms: AR, augmented reality, extended reality, spatial computing, CPS, cyber-physical system; metaverse; VR, virtual reality; RR, real reality, IRL
Initialism of Master of the Rolls, as a postnominal.
Lord Denning MR
Initialism of mortality rate.
Synonyms: DR, death rate
Initialism of mental retardation, a deprecated former term for intellectual disability.
Initialism of magnetic resonance
Coordinate term: NMR
Initialism of magnetoresistance
Coordinate term: GMR
(gaming) Initialism of magic resistance.

Related terms

Meeting Record

Adjective

MR (not comparable)

(education, special education) Initialism of mentally retarded.
Initialism of magnetoresistive
Coordinate term: GMR

Anagrams

R&M, rm., RM, rm

Czech

Noun

MR

initialism of magnetická rezonance: MRI

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Icelandic

Proper noun

MR

initialism of Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík (“Reykjavik Junior College”)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [e̞ma̠ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [에말]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	emal
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	em'al
McCune–Reischauer^?	emal
Yale Romanization^?	eym.al

Noun

MR • (MR)

(music) initialism of Music Recorded (Music Record ed)

Coordinate terms

AR (AR)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.mi ˈɛ.ʁi/ [ˈẽ.mi ˈɛ.hi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.mi ˈɛ.ʁi/ [ˈẽ.mi ˈɛ.χi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.me ˈɛ.ʁe/ [ˈe.me ˈɛ.he]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛˈm‿ɛ.ʁɨ/

Noun

MR f (plural MRs)

initialism of marca registrada / marca registada (“registered trademark”)

Related terms

LR (“registered logo”)