MS

MS, ms, Ms, M.S., etc. may refer to:

Arts and publishing

• Manuscript, a written or typed document
• Ms., an American feminist magazine

Music

• M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916–2004), an Indian Carnatic singer
• Metal Storm (webzine), a heavy metal website based in Estonia
• When appearing in sheet music, an abbreviation for mano sinistra, meaning that the marked passage is to be played with the left hand

Medicine

• Master of Surgery, an advanced medical degree
• Morphine sulfate, an opiate pain-relieving drug.
• Multiple sclerosis, a disease of the nervous system

Military

• Master seaman, a non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Navy
• Mess Management Specialist, a former U.S. Navy occupational rating now covered by culinary specialist (United States Navy)

Organizations

• MS-13, criminal gang in America
• Missionaries of La Salette, a Catholic male religious order
• Morgan Stanley, a US investment bank (NYSE stock symbol: US)

Places

• Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, postal code MS
• Mississippi, a U.S. state, official abbreviation
• Montserrat, a Caribbean island nation (ISO 3166-2 country code: MS)

Science and technology

• Mass spectrometry, a method of determining the chemical composition or exact mass of molecules
• Master of Science, a postgraduate university master's degree (M.S.)
• Mesylate, a chemical salt

Computing

• .ms, the top level Internet domain for Montserrat in the Caribbean
• Master System, a third-generation video game console produced by Sega
• Microsoft, an American-based global software company
• Mobile station, for communication with a mobile network

Units

• Megasiemens (MS) and millisiemens (mS), multiples of the unit of electric conductance siemens
• metre per second (m/s), a unit of velocity (speed)
• mile per second (m/s), a unit of velocity (speed)
• millisecond (ms), a unit of time equal to one thousandth of a second
• Solar mass (M_S), an alternate symbol to M_⊙
• Surface wave magnitude (M_s), a seismic scale

Transportation

• EgyptAir, by its IATA code "MS"
• Motor ship, ship prefix
• Chennai Egmore railway station, code MS

Other uses

• Malay language, of South-East Asia (ISO 639-1 language code: MS)
• Mastère spécialisé, a French postgraduate grande école master's degree
• Ms., a common title for women that does not indicate marital status
• mS (spesmilo), an obsolete currency unit
• Memoriae Sacrum, (Latin) "Sacred to the Memory", epitaph

See also

• M&S (disambiguation)