Modus operandi \Mo"dus op`er*an"di\[L.],
   manner of operating. Often abbreviated to MO
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	-mo \-mo\
   A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the
   numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by
   folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo
   or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as,
   duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the
   number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16[deg],
   18[deg], etc.
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	Mo \Mo\ (m[=o]), a., adv., & n. [Written also moe.] [AS.
   m[=a]. See More.]
   More; -- usually, more in number. [Obs.]
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         An hundred thousand mo.                  --Chaucer.
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         Likely to find mo to commend than to imitate it.
                                                  --Fuller.
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	Mo \Mo\, (Chem.)
   chemical symbol for the element molybdenum.
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	MO \MO\,
   abbreviation for modus operandi, manner of operating; --
   often used to refer to the method an habitual criminal uses
   to perpetrate his crime.
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	mo
    n 1: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a
         mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn:
         moment, mo, minute, second, bit]
    2: a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and
       tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden
       steel [syn: molybdenum, Mo, atomic number 42]
    3: a midwestern state in central United States; a border state
       during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the
       Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union [syn:
       Missouri, Show Me State, MO]

	

	MO
       Management Object (OSI)

	

	MO
       Machine Object (PO)

	

	mo

    The country code for Macau.

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