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M

See also: Appendix:Variations of "m", М, Μ, Ϻ, and ϻ

M U+004D, M
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
← L
[U+004C] 		Basic Latin N →
[U+004E]
Ⅿ U+216F, Ⅿ
ROMAN NUMERAL ONE THOUSAND
← Ⅾ
[U+216E] 		Number Forms ⅰ →
[U+2170]
Ｍ U+FF2D, Ｍ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
← Ｌ
[U+FF2C] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｎ →
[U+FF2E]

Translingual Edit

 
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Etymology 1 Edit

From the Etruscan letter 𐌌 (m, “em”), from the Ancient Greek letter Μ (M, “my”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤌 (m, “mem”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈖.

Alternative forms Edit

  • ꟿ (in ancient inscriptions)

Letter Edit

M (lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

An alteration of ⋈, from ∞, an alteration of ↀ, an alteration of Ⓧ, from encircling X (the roman numeral for ten) to indicate the hundredth ten.

Alternative forms Edit

Numeral Edit

M (upper case Roman numeral, lower case m)

  1. (Roman numerals) Thousand (1000)
  2. The thousandth (1,000th).

Etymology 3 Edit

Symbol Edit

M

  1. Abbreviation of mega-.
  3. (astronomy) Abbreviation of Messier, used in Messier numbers.
  4. (biochemistry) Abbreviation of methionine, as established by IUPAC.
  5. (chemistry) Abbreviation of molar (one mole of substance per litre of solvent).
  6. (mathematical analysis) A generic manifold.
  7. (group theory) monster group
  8. (music) major
  9. (linguistics) mid tone
  10. (astronomy) mass of a reference body as a unit of measure
    M☉ — solar mass; M🜨 — terrestrial mass; MJ or M♃ — jovian mass; ML or M☾ — lunar mass
  11. (usually clothing) medium (the manufactured size)
Usage notes Edit

Because of the potential for confusion, the abbreviation for unit "molar" is usually written in italics (M) or in small caps (ᴍ). M for reference mass is usually written in italics.

Gallery Edit

  • Letter styles
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    Uppercase and lowercase versions of M, in normal and italic type

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    Uppercase and lowercase M in Fraktur

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Other representations of M:

English Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): /ɛm/
Audio (UK)(file)

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m, plural Ms or M's)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.
See also Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Number Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The ordinal number thirteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 3 Edit

Abbreviation.

Noun Edit

M (countable and uncountable, plural Ms)

  1. Initialism of mother.
  2. Initialism of men (sign on toilet door).
    Coordinate term: W
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 332:
      From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.
  3. Abbreviation of Monday.
    Synonyms: Mon, Mon.
  4. Abbreviation of nautical mile.
  5. Initialism of million.
  6. (entomology) Initialism of media.
  7. (usually clothing, singular only) Initialism of medium (the manufactured size or an item of that size).
    Coordinate terms: XXS, XS, S, L, XL, XXL
  8. (US, film) A film with the content rating M.
  9. (slang) Initialism of morphine.
    • 1952, Woman's Home Companion, volume 79, page 141:
      [Doctors] always carry narcotic prescription blanks and some M with them. M is morphine.
    • 1956, Jess Stearn, Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today, New York: Julian Messner, Inc., page 59:
      “Anyway, when he came out of Patsy's room, I grabbed him by the arm and said, ‘Gee whiz, doc, haven't you got a couple of pills for me—even demerol?’ ” / Willie broke off to explain. “That's a synthetic. We call them demmies. If you can't buy H or M, why, demmies will do the trick.”
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:
      That night Marylou took everything in the books; she took tea, goofballs, benny, liquor, and even asked Old Bull for a shot of M, which of course he didn’t give her; he did give her a martini.
    • 2009, Larry Harrison, Glimpses of a Floating World, page 142:
      'You were going to get me some M,' she whispered in his ear. […] His friend uses morphine, too.
  10. (cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
  11. (cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled
  12. (India, Islam, Internet slang) Initialism of Muslim.
Usage notes Edit

The sense "Muslim" is mostly used by Hindutva netizens primarily towards Islamist supporters and Muslim militants.

Coordinate terms Edit
  • (Indian politics, online slang): H (used by Indian Muslim netizens directed towards Hindus, especially Hindu nationalists)

Noun Edit

M (plural Messrs or MM)

  1. Monsieur.
    Alternative form: M.
    • 1928 May, Paul Morand, “Paris Letter”, in The Dial, volume LXXXIV, number 6, published June 1928, page 508:
      I also advise reading the Merlin of M Jean Prévost, published by the N. R. F., a swift audacious picture of post-war love, treated with the grace of a Crébillon or of a Restif de la Bretonne. I could not recommend too highly the Petite Histoire des Juifs which MM Jean and Jérôme Tharaud have just published with Plon.
Usage notes Edit

The current standard form in French is M., with MM. as the plural.

Noun Edit

M

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of month.

Proper noun Edit

M

  1. (Michigan, roadway) Michigan.

Adjective Edit

M (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of male.
    Coordinate terms: F, X
  2. (usually clothing) Initialism of medium (of the manufactured size).
    Coordinate terms: XXS, XS, S, L, XL, XXL
  3. Initialism of mature.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Afar Edit

Letter Edit

M

  1. The seventeenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also Edit

Afrikaans Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛm/

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also Edit

Noun Edit

M (plural M'e, diminutive M'etjie)

  1. M

Angami Edit

Letter Edit

M

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Azerbaijani Edit

Letter Edit

M upper case (lower case m)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called eme and written in the Latin script.

See also Edit

Central Franconian Edit

Etymology Edit

  • /m/ is from West Germanic *m.

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes Edit

Doubling of M
  • In the German-based spelling, m is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, m is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.

Chinese Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From English menstruation or menstrual cycle.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

M

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstruation
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstrual cycle
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menses; menstrual blood
Synonyms Edit
Dialectal synonyms of 月經 (“menstruation; period”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 月經, 月信, 月事
Mandarin Beijing 月經, 例假
Taiwan 月經, 月事, 好朋友, 大姨媽
Yantai (Muping) 經脈兒
Jinan 月經, 例假
Wanrong 月經, 身上
Xining 例假
Wuhan 好事
Singapore 月經, 大姨媽
Dagudi (Maliba) 月經, 姊妹
Reshuitang (Longling) 大姨媽
Mae Salong (Lancang) 月經, 大姨媽
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 月經
Cantonese Guangzhou 大姨媽, 姑婆, 例假
Hong Kong 月經, 大姨媽, M
Gan Lichuan 身上
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 月期
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 月期
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 月期
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 月期
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 月期
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 月期
Jin Taiyuan 月經
Min Nan Xiamen 月經
Quanzhou 月經
Zhangzhou 月經
Kaohsiung 月經
Yilan 月經
Changhua (Lukang) 月經
Taichung 月事
Taichung (Wuqi) 月經
Tainan mè-sù, 月經, 驚儂個
Taitung 月經
Hsinchu 月經
Penghu (Magong) 月經
Singapore (Hokkien) 月經
Manila (Hokkien) 月經
Jieyang 老馬
Wu Shanghai 月經, 經水 dated, 老朋友, 老鬼三, 大姨媽
Ningbo 大尿, 月家
Wenzhou 身上來
Derived terms Edit

Verb Edit

M

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) to menstruate; to have a period

Etymology 2 Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

M

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) to steal; to take without asking
Synonyms Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

From English M, meg (“megabyte”).

Alternative forms Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

M

  1. (computing, informal) megabyte
Related terms Edit
  • G (“gigabyte”)

Etymology 4 Edit

Pronunciation 1 Edit

Letter Edit

M

  1. The third letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2 Edit

Letter Edit

M

  1. The thirteenth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes Edit
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
  • The official pronunciation defined in 《汉语拼音方案》, ㄝㄇ (ê̄m), is not a valid syllable in Pinyin.

Dutch Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (capital, lowercase m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also Edit

  • Previous letter: L
  • Next letter: N

Elfdalian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • ᛘ, M (Dalecarlian runes)

Letter Edit

M (upper case M, lower case m)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Esperanto Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called mo and written in the Latin script.

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Estonian Edit

 
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Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called emm and written in the Latin script.

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Finnish Edit

Etymology Edit

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on Swedish, German and Latin. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and M for development of the glyph itself.

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äm or em and written in the Latin script.

See also Edit

Noun Edit

M

  1. Abbreviation of magna cum laude approbatur.
  2. Abbreviation of mies. ("man, male")

French Edit

Pronunciation Edit

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M (lowercase m)

  1. the thirteenth letter of the French alphabet, preceded by L and followed by N

German Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Noun Edit

M f (genitive M, no plural)

  1. (historical, East Germany) Abbreviation of Mark der DDR.
    Coordinate term: DM

Declension Edit

Declension of M [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die M
genitive einer der M
dative einer der M
accusative eine die M

Hungarian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈm]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛmː]

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called emm and written in the Latin script.

Declension Edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative M M-ek
accusative M-et M-eket
dative M-nek M-eknek
instrumental M-mel M-ekkel
causal-final M-ért M-ekért
translative M-mé M-ekké
terminative M-ig M-ekig
essive-formal M-ként M-ekként
essive-modal — —
inessive M-ben M-ekben
superessive M-en M-eken
adessive M-nél M-eknél
illative M-be M-ekbe
sublative M-re M-ekre
allative M-hez M-ekhez
elative M-ből M-ekből
delative M-ről M-ekről
ablative M-től M-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		M-é M-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		M-éi M-ekéi
Possessive forms of M
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. M-em M-eim
2nd person sing. M-ed M-eid
3rd person sing. M-e M-ei
1st person plural M-ünk M-eink
2nd person plural M-etek M-eitek
3rd person plural M-ük M-eik

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Ido Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Indonesian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Italian Edit

 
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Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case m)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Italian alphabet, called emme and written in the Latin script.

Symbol Edit

M

  1. down with
    Antonym: W (“up with”)

See also Edit

Japanese Edit

 
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Etymology 1 Edit

From the initial letter of English medium.

Noun Edit

M(エム) • (emu) 

  1. medium size
Synonyms Edit
Related terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From the initial letter of English masochism; compare English S&M.

Noun Edit

M(エム) • (emu) 

  1. (sexuality, euphemistic) masochism, masochist
  2. (colloquial) submissive personality
Antonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit

Kashubian Edit

Etymology Edit

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and M for development of the glyph itself.

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also Edit

Latvian Edit

 
Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology Edit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation Edit

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Letter Edit

 
M

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

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Malay Edit

 
Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Nupe Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Polish Edit

Etymology Edit

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and M for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

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Portuguese Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romani Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. (International Standard) The seventeenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The eighteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romanian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called em, me, or mî and written in the Latin script.

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Saanich Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M

  1. The twentieth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Silesian Edit

Etymology Edit

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and M for development of the glyph itself.

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Skolt Sami Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (lower case m)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also Edit

Slovene Edit

 
Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (capital, lowercase m)

  1. The 14th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by L and followed by N.

Somali Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M upper case (lower case m)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called miim and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes Edit

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by L and followed by N.

See also Edit

Spanish Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. the 13th letter of the Spanish alphabet

Tagalog Edit

Etymology Edit

From Spanish M. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English M.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜋ (ma).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish M.

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: M
  • (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /ʔem/, [ʔɛm]
  • (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /ma/, [mɐ]
  • (letter name, Abecedario): IPA(key): /ˈʔeme/, [ˈʔɛ.mɛ]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/, [m]
  • Rhymes: -em, -a, -eme

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called em and written in the Latin script.

See also Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m, Baybayin spelling ᜋ)

  1. The tenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called ma and written in the Latin script.

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

  1. (historical) The fifteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called eme and written in the Latin script.

Further reading Edit

Turkish Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called me and written in the Latin script.

See also Edit

Vietnamese Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˨˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˨˩], [məː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˦˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˦˩], [məː˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˨˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˨˩], [məː˨˩]
  • Phonetic: e mờ, em mờ, mờ

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e-mờ, em-mờ, or mờ and written in the Latin script.

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Welsh Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ll and followed by N.

Mutation Edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
merch ferch unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also Edit

Further reading Edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter M, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called mí and written in the Latin script.

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Zulu Edit

Letter Edit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also Edit

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