MS explained

MS, ms, Ms, M.S., etc. may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Ms. (magazine), an American feminist magazine
• Metal Storm (webzine), a heavy metal website based in Estonia

Businesses and organizations

• MS-13, criminal gang
• Missionaries of La Salette, a Catholic male religious order
• Młodzi Socjaliści (Young Socialists), a former Polish socialist youth organization
• Morgan Stanley, a US investment bank (NYSE stock symbol: MS)
• Mjólkursamsalan, an Icelandic dairy company
• Microsoft, an American multinational corporation and technology company
• Motorola Solutions, an American communications equipment manufacturer

Educational qualifications

• Master of Science, a master's degree in the field of science
• Master of Surgery, an advanced medical degree
• Master Sommelier, a terminal degree in the field of wine
• Mastère spécialisé, a French postgraduate grande école master's degree

Medicine

• Mitral stenosis, narrowing of the mitral valve of the heart
• Morphine sulfate, an opiate pain-relieving drug
• Multiple sclerosis, a disease of the nervous system

Military

• Master seaman, a non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Navy
• Mess Management Specialist, a former U.S. Navy occupational rating now covered by culinary specialist

Places

• Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, postal code MS
• Mississippi, a U.S. state, official abbreviation
• Montserrat, Caribbean island nation (ISO 3166-2 country code: MS)

Science and technology

Computing

• .ms, the top level Internet domain for Montserrat in the Caribbean
• Master System, a third-generation video game console produced by Sega
• Microsoft, an American-based global software company
• Mobile station, a piece of equipment for communication with a mobile network

Units of measure

• Megasiemens (MS), and millisiemens (mS), multiples of the unit of electric conductance siemens
• Metre per second (m/s), a unit of velocity (speed)
• Metre second (m s), a unit of absement (sustained displacement of an object)
• Millisecond (ms), and megasecond (Ms), multiples of the unit of time second

Other uses in science and technology

• Surface-wave magnitude (M_s), a seismic scale
• Solar mass (M_S), an alternate symbol to M_⊙
• Mass spectrometry, a method of determining the chemical composition or exact mass of molecules
• Master of Science, a postgraduate university master's degree
• Mesylate, a chemical salt
• Spin quantum number,

m _{s}

Transportation

• Egyptair, by its IATA code "MS"
• Motor ship, ship prefix
• Chennai Egmore railway station, code MS

Other uses

• Ms., a common title for women that does not indicate marital status
• MS (cigarette), an Italian brand of cigarettes
• MS (satellite), a series of four Soviet satellites launched in 1962
• Malay language, of Southeast Asia (ISO 639-1 language code: ms)
• Manuscript, abbreviation (ms.) for a written or typed document
• Member of the Senedd (formerly Assembly Member), Welsh Parliament legislator
• Memoriae Sacrum (Latin for "Sacred to the Memory"), an epitaph
• Multan Sultans, a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team in the Pakistan Super League

See also

• M&S (disambiguation)
• M/S (disambiguation)
  • • • M (disambiguation), including the singular of Ms
• S (disambiguation)
• SM (disambiguation)
• MSMS (disambiguation)