M3

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M3 or M-3 may refer to:

Science:

• Cubic metre (m³), the unit of volume in the SI system
• Messier 3 (M3), a globular cluster in the constellation Canes Venatici

[edit] Computers and electronics

• Modula-3 (M3), a programming language
• M3 adapter, a Game Boy Advance movie player
• M3, a BBC peak programme meter standard used for measuring the volume of audio broadcasts
• M3 Simply, a slot-1 storage device for the Nintendo DS

Internet

• Short for Mod My Moto, a website dedicated to Motorola phone modding.

Video games:

• Short for Metroid 3.
• Short for Mother 3, a Japan-only game.

[edit] Transport

Automobiles:

• BMW M3, a high performance car

Roads:

• M3 motorway, a motorway in England
• M3 motorway, a proposed motorway that would be an upgrade of the N3 road in the Republic of Ireland
• M-3 (Michigan highway), a state highway in the Detroit metropolitan area
• M3 motorway (Hungary), a motorway in Hungary
• M3 motorway (Northern Ireland), an urban motorway in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• M3 motorway (Pakistan)
• Russian route M3, another name for the Ukraine Highway in Russia
• M3 freeway in Victoria, Australia, currently under construction and more widely known as Eastlink and which when finished, will be linked with the Eastern Freeway
• M3 (Cape Town) an expressway in Cape Town, South Africa

Rail transport:

• M3 Line, part of the Bucharest Metro, Romania
• M3 (railcar), a railcar used by the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, United States

Aviation:

• ABSA - Aerolinhas Brasileiras (IATA airline designator: M3), a cargo airline based in São Paulo, Brazil

[edit] Entertainment

Music:

• M3 Records, a record label
• Major third (M3), a type of musical interval
• Minor third (m3), a type of musical interval
• M3 (album), an album by the heavy metal band Mushroomhead
• M3 (rock band), an American rock band

Sports:

• M3, a United States snowboard manufacturer

Television:

• Short for Man, Moment, Machine, or the "M3 factor" which means "Man, Moment, Machine."

[edit] Other

Economics:

• A measure of the money supply

Hardware:

• M3 screw, a metric screw

Firearms, military equipment, and military identification:

• M3 Bradley, an American infantry fighting vehicles
• Benelli M3 Super 90, an Italian semi-automatic shotgun
• M3 submachine gun, an American submachine gun
• M3 Half-track, an armored military vehicle
• M3 Scout Car, an American armored vehicle.
• M3 Lee, an American medium tank
• M3 Stuart tank, an American light tank
• M3 Grant, a medium tank that was a variant of the M3 Lee
• 37 mm Gun M3, a light American anti-tank gun
• 105 mm Howitzer M3, an American light artillery piece.
• M3 tripod, a tripod commonly used for mounting military weapons
• M3, a code name for a United States military mission at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico
• M3 20mm cannon, a United States development of the Hispano-Suiza HS.404

[edit] See also

• 3M