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MMA

"MMA" is a common misspelling or typo for: mama, mamma, memo, mime, moa, momma.


Specialty Definition: MMA

DomainDefinition

Computing

Mma A fast Mathematica-like system, in Allegro CL by R. Fateman, 1991. (ftp://peoplesparc.berkeley.edu/pub/mma.tar.Z). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: MMA

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

MMA

EnglishMalmoN/A

MMA

FrenchMétrite-mastite-agalactieMedicine

MMA

GermanMetritis-Mastitis-AgalactieMedicine

MMA

ItalianMetrite-mastite-agalassiaMedicine

MMA

PortugueseSíndrome metrite,mastite e agalactiaN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: MMA

Synonyms by domain: Main memory array (computing), Malmo (transportation), Malta Maritime Authority, manual metal arc (metallurgy), Merchant Marine Act (insurance, transportation), Message Mode Adapter (computing), Metal Mining Agency (mining), metritis-mastitis-agalactia (medicine), Metropolitan Manila Area (building & civil engineering), Metropolitan Museum of Art (fine arts), Millimeter Array (education), Multiple Module Access (computing).

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Crosswords: MMA

Non-English Usage: "MMA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Sepedi (mother), Tswana (mother, Mrs.).

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Non-Fiction Usage: MMA

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

There is no cure for MMA. Treatment consists of muscle strengthening exercises and training in hand coordination. (references)

The symptoms of MMA usually progress slowly for one to two years before reaching a plateau, then remain stable for many years. (references)

In most cases, the cause is unknown, although there have been a few published reports linking MMA to traumatic or radiation injury. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: MMA

"MMA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "MMA" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)50%2245,945
Noun (proper)25%1339,140
Noun (common)25%1339,140
                    Total100.00%4N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MMA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mma

338

acrylic mma nail

4

mma news

64

mma tx.org

4

mma weekly

37

mma shorts

4

fighting mma

22

jobshopper mma

4

mma gear

20

mma video

4

mma tv

18

mma ranking

4

mma underground

10

mma nhb

3

forum mma

8

mma sherdog

3

fighting mma submission

7

mma ufc

3

forum mma underground

7

magazine mma

3

grappling mma

6

mma style

3

gloves mma

6

fighter.com mma

3

mma online.org

6

mma nail

3

fighter mma

6

mma sims wes

3

clothing equipment mma

6

insurance mma

3

mma pride

6

mma railway

3

international mma

5

mma usa.com

3

mma result

5

clip mma video

3

assurance mma

5

fire mma ring

3

fight mma

5

mma praxis

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: MMA

Derivations

Words ending with "MMA": analemma, comma, digamma, dilemma, gamma, gemma, gumma, lemma, mamma, maremma, momma, neurilemma, plasmalemma, sarcolemma, stemma, summa. (additional references)

Words containing "MMA": agammaglobulinemia, agammaglobulinemias, agammaglobulinemic, anagrammatic, anagrammatical, anagrammatically, anagrammatization, anagrammatizations, anagrammatize, anagrammatized, anagrammatizes, anagrammatizing, analemmas, analemmata, analemmatic, brummagem, brummagems, command, commandable, commandant, commandants, commanded, commandeer, commandeered, commandeering, commandeers, commander, commanderies, commanders, commandership, commanderships, commandery, commanding, commandingly, commandment, commandments, commando, commandoes, commandos, commands, commas, commata, consummate, consummated, consummately, consummates, consummating, consummation, consummations, consummative, consummator. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: MMA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-m-m"

-1 letter: am, ma, mm.

 Words containing the letters "a-m-m"
 

+1 letter: ammo, imam, maim, malm, mama.

 

+2 letters: ammos, comma, gamma, gammy, gemma, gumma, hammy, imams, imaum, jammy, lemma, madam, magma, maims, malms, malmy, mamas, mamba, mambo, mamey, mamie, mamma, mammy, maxim, miasm, momma, myoma, rammy, smarm, summa, tammy.

 

+3 letters: ammine, ammino, ammono, amylum, bammed, chammy, clammy, commas, dammar, dammed, dammer, embalm, gammas, gammed, gammer, gammon, gemmae, gimmal, gramme, gummas, hammal, hammed, hammer, imaums, imbalm, immane, jammed, jammer, lammed, lemmas, madame, madams, madman, madmen, magmas, magnum, maihem, maimed, maimer, mambas, mambos, mameys, mamies, mamluk, mammae, mammal, mammas, mammee, mammer, mammet, mammey, mammie, mammon, marmot, marram, maumet, maxima, maxims, mayhem, mazuma, merman, miasma, miasms, mimbar, mimosa, minima, misaim, mommas, myomas, myxoma, omasum, rammed, rammer, shammy, smarms, smarmy, smegma, stemma, summae, summas, tammie, wammus, wampum, whammo, whammy, yammer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MMA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 4D 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    --    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01001101 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#77 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 004D 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

474735

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Abbreviations
8. Acronyms
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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