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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
HMS
- (military, nautical) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Ship (prefix for ships in the navy of a monarchy, such as the British Royal Navy).
- (postage) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Service.
- Synonym: OHMS
- (mathematics) Initialism of hour-minute-second.:
- A format for writing decimal angles.
- 36.24° = 36° 14' 24"
- 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
- 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
- A format for writing decimal angles.
Synonyms[edit]
- (angles): DMS
Coordinate terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
(nautical):
(postage):
- OHMBS (On His/Her Majesty's Britannic Service)
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
HMS
- Abbreviation of hans/hendes majestæts skib (“his/her majesty's ship”). (ship prefix for the Danish navy)
- Coordinate term: KDM
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
HMS
- (nautical, military) Hans Majestäts Skepp / Hennes Majestäts Skepp — HSwMS – His/Her Majesty's Ship (ship prefix of the Swedish Navy (Marinen))
See also[edit]
- Swedish Navy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia