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ADM Records
Adm is an abbreviation for the naval rank of admiral. ADM or A.D.M. may also refer to: Business * Archer Daniels Midland, a food-processing company * Admiral Group, insurer, Cardiff, Wales, LSE symbol ADM * Agency debit memo in the travel industry *Aéroports du Mali, airport operator in Mali * American Dream Meadowlands, a mall in New Jersey, US * Astra Daihatsu Motor, an Indonesian automotive company Geography and transport * Adisham railway station, Kent, England, station code * Admiralty MRT station, Singapore, abbreviation * Admiralty station (MTR), Hong Kong, station code * , Quebec, Canada * Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma, IATA code * Ardmore station (Oklahoma), Amtrak, station code Government * Assyrian Democratic Movement, Iraq * , the national authority managing Morocco's expressways Science, technology and medicine Biology and medicine * Abductor digiti minimi muscle of hand * Adrenomedullin, a vasodilator peptide hormone Computing and telec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admiral
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, or fleet admiral. Etymology The word in Middle English comes from Anglo-French , "commander", from Medieval Latin , . These evolved from the Arabic () – (), “king, prince, chief, leader, nobleman, lord, a governor, commander, or person who rules over a number of people,” and (), the Arabic article answering to “the.” In Arabic, admiral is also represented as (), where () means the sea. The 1818 edition of Samuel Johnson's '' A Dictionary of the English Language'', edited and revised by the Rev. Henry John Todd, states that the term “has been traced to the Arab. emir or amir, lord or commander, and the Gr. , the sea, q. d. ''prince of the sea''. The word is written both with and without the d, in other languages, as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |