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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Om \Om\, interj. & n. [Also {Aum}, {Um}.] [Skr. [=o]m.] A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhists in religious rites, -- orig. among the Hindus an exclamation of assent, like Amen, then an invocation, and later a symbol of the trinity formed by Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma.
{Om mani padme hun}, a sacred formula of buddhism (esp. of the Lamaists) translated ''O, the Jewel in the Lotus, Amen,'' and referring to Amitabha, who is commonly represented as standing or sitting within a lotus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aam \Aam\ ([add]m or [aum]m), noun [D. aam, fr. LL. ama; cf. L. hama a water bucket, Gr. ?] A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 361/2, at Hamburg 383/4. [Written also {Aum} and {Awm}.] ||
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aum \Aum\, noun Same as {Aam}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Aum
noun: a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity; "in 1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo subway train" [syn: {Aum Shinrikyo}, {Supreme Truth}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
A'UM A {stream}-based, {concurrent}, {logic}, {object-oriented} language by K. Yoshida and Takashi Chikayama , built on top of {KL1}. ["A'UM - A Stream-based Concurrent Logic Object-Oriented Language", K. Yoshida et al, Proc 3rd Intl Conf Fifth Gen Comp Sys, Springer 1988, pp. 638-649]. (2000-07-16)
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