SAM

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"

Translingual

Proper noun

SAM

1. (sports) Abbreviation of Samoa.

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English

Noun

SAM (plural SAMs)

1. (military) surface-to-air missile
2. (space science, NASA) Acronym of Sample Analysis at Mars. (It is a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory onboard the Curiosity rover on Mars.)
3. (nanotechnology) Initialism of self-assembled monolayer.

Related terms

• AAM, ASM, SSM

Translations

surface-to-air missile

• German: FlaRak f
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Anagrams

• 'ams, -mas, A.M.s, AMS, ASM, M. A. S., M.A.S., M.A.s, MAS, MAs, MSA, SMA, mas, sma

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Irish

Etymology

Initialism of Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá.

Proper noun

SAM m pl (genitive SAM)

1. USA

   Rugadh Bruce Springsteen sna SAM.

   Bruce Springsteen was born in the USA.