Edm
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of early day motion. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"On Tuesday, the SNP lodged an early-day motion (EDM) to formally remove Prince Andrew’s title as Duke of York, which he has said he will no longer use. […] EDMs rarely have any effect apart from generating publicity for a cause, but if a significant number of cross-party names were to sign the SNP motion it would act as a method for piling pressure on the government."
- 2 Initialism of electrical discharge machining. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 3 Initialism of electronic document management. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 4 Initialism of entity data model. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 5 Initialism of engineering data management. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 Initialism of electronic dance music. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
"But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days)."
- 1 Abbreviation of Edmonton. abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 Abbreviation of Edmonton. abbreviation, alt-of
Example
More examples"There are lots of different genres of music out there — for example, EDM or J-pop."
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