HMS

See also: HMs and hms

English

Noun

HMS

  1. (military, nautical) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Ship (prefix for ships in the navy of a monarchy, such as the British Royal Navy).
    Coordinate terms: USS, FS, IJN, RFS, ROKS, ROCS
    • 2018 November 29, Brad Lendon and Zachary Cohen, “Japan preparing to put US-designed stealth jets on an ‘aircraft carrier’”, in CNN[1]:
      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. (postage) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Service.
    Synonym: OHMS
  3. (mathematics) Initialism of hour-minute-second:
    1. A format for writing decimal angles.
      36.24° = 36° 14' 24"
    2. 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
    3. 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
  4. Initialism of hypermobility syndrome.

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

(nautical):

(postage):

  • OHMBS (On His/Her Majesty's Britannic Service)

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

HMS

  1. abbreviation of hans/hendes majestæts skib (his/her majesty's ship) (ship prefix for the Danish navy)
    Coordinate term: KDM

Swedish

Noun

HMS

  1. (nautical, military) Hans Majestäts Skepp / Hennes Majestäts Skepp — HSwMS – His/Her Majesty's Ship (ship prefix of the Swedish Navy (Marinen))

See also