Hms

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Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Ship (prefix for ships in the navy of a monarchy, such as the British Royal Navy). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "One of the other two nations to operate the F-35B, the United Kingdom, has had US versions of the jet operating off its HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier."

  2. 2
    plural of HM form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Service. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of hour-minute-second:; A format for writing decimal angles.

    "36.24° = 36° 14' 24""

  5. 5
    Initialism of hour-minute-second:; A 24 or 12-hour time format that includes seconds, in addition to hours and minutes.

    "14:37:12 = 14:37 (2:37 pm) and 12 seconds"

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  1. 6
    Initialism of hour-minute-second:; A format for writing decimal time, usually associated with base-10 time such as during the French Revolution.

    "7.4138 base-10 decimal hours = 7ʰ 41ᵐ 38ˢ"

  2. 7
    Initialism of hypermobility syndrome. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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"Challenger Deep is approximately 36,200 feet deep. It is named after the HMS Challenger, whose crew first sounded the depths of the trench in 1875."

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