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PM (also written pm or p.m.) often means "After noon" in the 12-hour clock (Latin Post meridiem).
PM or Pm may also refer to:
Sciences
- Particulate matter, particulates—fine dust and soot—suspended in the air
- PM10, particulates, smaller than 10 μm, that can cause health problems
- PM3 (chemistry), or Parameterized Model number 3, a modelling method in computational chemistry
- Permanent magnet, an object which stays magnetised without external effort
- Perpetual motion, refers to movement that goes on forever
- Petameter, a length unit (1015 m) (Pm)
- Phase modulation, in electrical engineering
- PM tube, photomultiplier tube
- Picometre, a length unit (10−12 m) (pm)
- Plasma membrane, is a selectively permeable lipid bilayer found in all cells
- Powdery mildew, a fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants
- Powder metallurgy, a method of fabricating metals
- Premolar tooth, dental nomenclature
- Promethium, chemical element number 61 (Pm)
- Polymyositis, disease
- Post mortem, a medical examination carried out after death
- Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work on the foundations of mathematics
- Polarization-maintaining optical fiber
- Participatory medicine, a new model of medicine
People
- Prime minister, the most senior minister of a cabinet
- Pontifex Maximus, the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of Pontiffs
- Postmaster, the head of an individual post office
- P.M. (author), an anonymous Swiss author
- Photographers' Mate, a US Navy enlisted rating, merged into the Mass Communication Specialist (MC) rating in 2006
- Pat Maloney Sr. (1924–2005, also known as PM), American trial lawyer
- Project Manager, is a professional in the field of project management
Computing and Internet
- Pac-Man, character, video game, and TV series
- Paper Mario, a series of role-playing video games
- Particle Mesh, an algorithm for calculating the potential of a system (used in computational physics)
- Perl module, a discrete component of software for the Perl programming language (file extension .pm)
- Perl mongers, groups of local Perl enthusiasts
- Personal message or Private message, a personal/private conversation between 2 or more people within community and social media sites
- Pocket Monsters (Pokémon), Japanese video game and animation franchise
- Power management, ability of some devices to reduce energy consumption
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
- .pm, the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Business
- P.M. Place Stores, a former US chain of discount stores
- Philip Morris USA, abbreviated as PM USA, American tobacco company
- IATA airline designator for Tropic Air
- Pobjoy Mint, a European mint, via its mint mark PM
- Precious metals, like gold, silver and platinum
- Portfolio management, decisions regarding asset investments
- Project management, planning and organizing to achieve a one-time set of goals
- Program management, the process of managing several related projects
- Product management, the planning and marketing of a commercial product
- Performance management, ensuring that business goals are being met in an effective and efficient manner
- Preventive maintenance, procedures to avoid major equipment failures
Media
- 3pm, a former New Zealand children's TV programme
- PM (Australian radio program), an ABC radio news program
- PM (BBC Radio 4), a British radio news programme
- PM (newspaper), an American newspaper (1940–1948)
- PM Magazine, an American TV news program (1976–1991)
- Popular Mechanics, a long-running magazine now owned by the Hearst Corporation
Transport
- Martin PM, a version of the Naval Aircraft Factory PN flying boat
- Pere Marquette Railway, formerly operated in US and Canada (1900–1947)
- Toyota PM, a concept car
- Pm36, a Polish steam locomotive
Weapons
- PM-38, Soviet light mortar
- PM-43, Finnish anti-personnel mine
- PM-63 RAK, Polish submachine gun
- PM-60, East German anti-tank mine
- PM-68, Finnish anti-personnel mine
- PM-79, Bulgarian anti-personnel mine
- PM-84 Glauberyt, Polish submachine gun
- PM md 96, Romanian submachine gun
- Makarov PM (Pistolet Makarova), a 1940s Soviet pistol
- Minebea PM-9, Japanese submachine gun
Music
- 2PM, a seven-member boy band from South Korea
- 4 P.M., an American male R&B group
- Palm mute, a playing technique for the guitar or bass guitar
- Penn Masala, a Hindi a cappella group from the University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Pipe major, the director of bagpipe music in a Scottish or Irish pipe band
- P.M. Dawn, American hip-hop act
- Power Metal, a subgenre of heavy metal music
Other
- PM-1, PM-2A, PM-3A, Portable, Medium-power nuclear reactors developed by US Army
- Palace Museum, a large art museum housed in the Forbidden City in Beijing
- Polar Medal, a medal awarded by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom
- Passage meditation, a form of meditation developed by Eknath Easwaran
- Palestine Monitor, a pro-Palestine group that documents Palestinian suffering
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, a scientific institute in Toronto, Canada
- Polícia Militar, Brazilian military police
See also
- All pages beginning with "Pm"
- All pages beginning with "PM"
- All pages with titles containing "pm"