AFM may refer to:
Organizations
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AFM Records
AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator.
In 2005, Candlelight Records si ...
, a German record label
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Africa Fighting Malaria
Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM) was an NGO based in Washington D.C., United States and South Africa which stated that it "seeks to educate people about the scourge of Malaria and the political economy of malaria control". The organization generally ...
, a health campaign in Africa
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Alex von Falkenhausen Motorenbau
Alex von Falkenhausen Motorenbau (AFM) (but some sources claim the M stood for MunichFor examplean) was a German racing car constructor. The team was started by Alexander von Falkenhausen, who was in the 1930s an important engineer in the developm ...
, a German racing car constructor
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American Federation of Motorcyclists
The American Federation of Motorcyclists (AFM) is the oldest motorcycle road racing club in the United States. The AFM was founded in 1954 in part bJohn McLaughlin a member of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. It is a regional racing sanctioning ...
, a road racing club in the US
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American Federation of Musicians
The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM/AFofM) is a 501(c)(5) labor union representing professional instrumental musicians in the United States and Canada. The AFM, which has its headquarters in New York City, ...
, a labor union of musicians in North America
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American Film Market
The American Film Market (AFM) is a film industry event held each year in early November.
Historically, more than 7,000 people attend the eight-day annual event to network and to sell, finance and acquire films. Participants come from more than ...
, an annual event for the financing of film production and distribution
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American Freedom Mortgage, Inc.
American Freedom Mortgage, Inc. (AFM) was a private company, private S Corporation Incorporation (business), incorporated on February 2, 2001, according to the Secretary of state of Georgia, Georgia Secretary of State, and headquartered in Marietta ...
, a corporation based in Georgia, U.S.
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Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
The Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (AFM) is a classical Pentecostal Christian denomination in South Africa. With 1.2 million adherents, it is South Africa's largest Pentecostal church and the fifth largest religious grouping in South Af ...
, a Pentecostal Christian denomination in South Africa
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Australia First Movement
The Australia First Movement was a fascist movement, founded in October 1941. It grew out of the Rationalist Association of New South Wales and the Victorian Socialist Party, and was led by former Rhodes scholar Percy Stephensen and Adela ...
, an Australian fascist organisation during the second world war.
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Autoriteit Financiële Markten
The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets ( nl, Autoriteit Financiële Markten) is the financial services regulatory authority for the Netherlands. Its role is comparable to the role of the SEC in the United States.
History
The Netherla ...
, Netherlands financial markets regulator
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Macau Football Association
The Macau Football Association ( Pinyin: Àomén zúqiú zǒng huì; pt, Associação de Futebol de Macau) is the governing body of association football in Macau, China.
History
The Hong Kong–Macau Interport tournament, jointly organized by ...
, the governing body of football in Macau
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Armed Forces of Malta
The Armed Forces of Malta ( mt, Forzi Armati ta' Malta) is the name given to the combined armed services of Malta. The AFM is a brigade sized organisation consisting of a headquarters and three separate battalions, with minimal air and naval ...
, the name given to the combined armed services of Malta
Publications
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Aquarium Fish Magazine
''Aquarium Fish International'' (AFI) was a North American monthly magazine, published by BowTie Inc. of Irvine, California, and dedicated to freshwater and saltwater fishkeeping and the aquarium/fishkeeping hobby in general.
History
Originally ...
'', a North American monthly magazine
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Annals of the Four Masters
The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' ( ga, Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' (''Annála na gCeithre Máistrí'') are chronicles of medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Deluge, dated as 2,24 ...
'', a chronicle of medieval Irish history
Science, technology, and medicine
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AFM (gene)
Afamin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''AFM'' gene.
Function
This gene is a member of the albumin
Albumin is a family of globular proteins, the most common of which are the serum albumins. All the proteins of the albumin fa ...
, in biochemistry, a member of the albumin gene family that encodes the protein Afamin
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Abrasive flow machining Abrasive flow machining (AFM), also known as abrasive flow deburring or extrude honing, is an interior surface finishing process characterized by flowing an abrasive-laden fluid through a workpiece. This fluid is typically very viscous, having th ...
, a technique for smoothing internal part surfaces
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Active fuel management
Active Fuel Management (formerly known as displacement on demand (DoD)) is a trademarked name for the automobile variable displacement technology from General Motors. It allows a V6 or V8 engine to "turn off" half of the cylinders under light-lo ...
(formerly "Displacement on Demand"), a trademarked name for the automobile variable displacement technology from General Motors
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Acute flaccid myelitis
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a serious condition of the spinal cord. Symptoms include rapid onset of arm or leg weakness and decreased reflexes. Difficulty moving the eyes, speaking, or swallowing may also occur. Occasionally, numbness or pain ...
, a neurologic disease similar to polio
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Adobe font metrics
PostScript fonts are font files encoded in outline font specifications developed by Adobe Systems for professional digital typesetting. This system uses PostScript file format to encode font information.
"PostScript fonts" may also separately be ...
, a computer file format
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Air flow meter
An air flow meter is a device that measures air flow, i.e. how much air is flowing through a tube. It does not measure the volume of the air passing through the tube, it measures the mass of air flowing through the device per unit time. Thus ai ...
, a device that measures how much air is flowing through a tube
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AFm phase
An AFm phase is an "alumina, ferric oxide, monosubstituted" phase, or aluminate ferrite monosubstituted, or , mono, in cement chemist notation. AFm phases are important hydration products in the hydration of hydraulic cements.
They are crystall ...
, or "Alumina, Ferric oxide, monosulfate" phase, in chemistry
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Antiferromagnetism
In materials that exhibit antiferromagnetism, the magnetic moments of atoms or molecules, usually related to the spins of electrons, align in a regular pattern with neighboring spins (on different sublattices) pointing in opposite directions. ...
, a material property and type of magnetic ordering
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Atomic force microscope
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) or scanning force microscopy (SFM) is a very-high-resolution type of scanning probe microscopy (SPM), with demonstrated resolution on the order of fractions of a nanometer, more than 1000 times better than the diffr ...
, a high-resolution type of scanning probe microscope
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Audio frequency modulation
Audio Frequency Modulation (AFM) is an audio recording standard used by Betamax and VHS Hi-Fi stereo, 8mm and Hi8 video systems. AFM is mono on 8mm systems and stereo
Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound re ...
, an audio recording standard
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Aircraft flight manual
An aircraft flight manual (AFM) is a paper book or electronic information set containing information required to operate an aircraft of certain type or particular aircraft of that type (each AFM is tailored for a specific aircraft, though aircraft ...
(AFM), a book containing information required to operate an aircraft
Military
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Air Force Medal
The Air Force Medal (AFM) was a military decoration, awarded to personnel of the Royal Air Force and other British Armed Forces, and formerly to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for "an act or acts of valour ...
, awarded in the Royal Air Force (UK)
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United States Air Force Memorial
The United States Air Force Memorial honors the service of the personnel of the United States Air Force and its heritage organizations. The Memorial is located in Arlington County, Virginia, on the former grounds of the Navy Annex near The Pent ...
, in Arlington, Virginia
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Armed Forces of Malta
The Armed Forces of Malta ( mt, Forzi Armati ta' Malta) is the name given to the combined armed services of Malta. The AFM is a brigade sized organisation consisting of a headquarters and three separate battalions, with minimal air and naval ...
, the name given to the combined armed services of Malta
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Republic of China Armed Forces Museum
The Republic of China Armed Forces Museum (AFM; ) is a museum located on Guiyang Street in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It was opened on October 31, 1961, under the administration of the Republic of China Ministry of National Defen ...
, a museum in Taipei, Taiwan
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