CM or its variants may refer to:

Arts and media

Gaming

* ''

Championship Manager ''Championship Manager'' is a series of association football, football-management simulation video games, the first of which was released in 1992. The ''Championship Manager'' brand and game was conceived by brothers Collyer brothers (game desig ...

'', a popular football management simulation game * ''

Chessmaster ''Chessmaster'' is a chess-playing computer game series, which is owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold . Timeline *1986: '' The Chessmaster 2000''. First pub ...

'', a chess computer program series

Music

C minor C minor is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature consists of three flats. Its relative major is E major and its parallel major is C major. The C natural minor scale is: : Cha ...

, abbreviated Cm, a minor scale or chord based on C * CM (school), a youth and community music organisation *

Classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...

, Western art music *

Common metre Common metre or common measure—abbreviated as C. M. or CM—is a poetic metre consisting of four lines that alternate between iambic tetrameter (four metrical feet per line) and iambic trimeter (three metrical feet per line), with each foot cons ...

, abbreviated CM, a poetic metre frequently used in hymns

Other media

* ''

Correio da Manhã ''Correio da Manhã'' () is a Portuguese daily newspaper from Portugal. Published in Lisbon, it is the most circulated daily newspaper in Portugal. History and profile ''Correio da Manhã'' was established in 1979. The paper is based in Lisbon. ...

'', a Portuguese daily newspaper

Science and technology

Computing

Configuration management Configuration management (CM) is a process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a product's performance, functional, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life. The CM proc ...

, a systems engineering process for establishing and maintaining consistency *

Connection Machine A Connection Machine (CM) is a member of a series of massively parallel supercomputers that grew out of doctoral research on alternatives to the traditional von Neumann architecture of computers by Danny Hillis at Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...

, series of supercomputers *

Content management Content management (CM) is a set of processes and technologies that supports the collection, managing, and publishing of information in any form or medium. When stored and accessed via computers, this information may be more specifically referre ...

, technologies that support the collection, management, and publishing of information *

CyanogenMod CyanogenMod ( ; CM) is a discontinued open-source operating system for mobile devices, based on the Android mobile platform. It was developed as free and open-source software based on the official releases of Android by Google, with added origi ...

, alternative firmware for Android phones, rebranded as LineageOS

Medicine

Centromedian nucleus In the anatomy of the brain, the centromedian nucleus, also known as the centrum medianum, (CM or Cm-Pf) is a part of the intralaminar thalamic nuclei (ITN) in the thalamus. There are two centromedian nuclei arranged bilaterally. In humans, it c ...

, a part of the thalamus *

Chiari malformation Chiari malformation (CM) is a structural defect in the cerebellum, characterized by a downward displacement of one or both cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum (the opening at the base of the skull). CMs can cause headaches, difficu ...

, a narrowing of the skull which puts pressure on the cerebellum *

Chylomicron Chylomicrons (from the Greek χυλός, chylos, meaning ''juice'' (of plants or animals), and micron, meaning ''small particle''), also known as ultra low-density lipoproteins (ULDL), are lipoprotein particles that consist of triglycerides (85 ...

, lipoprotein with extremely low density * Contingency management, a type of treatment where patients are rewarded (or, less often, punished) for their behavior

Physics and chemistry

* ''C''_''m'', the

pitching moment coefficient In aerodynamics, the pitching moment on an airfoil is the moment (or torque) produced by the aerodynamic force on the airfoil if that aerodynamic force is considered to be applied, not at the center of pressure, but at the aerodynamic center ...

in aerodynamics *

Curium Curium is a transuranic, radioactive chemical element with the symbol Cm and atomic number 96. This actinide element was named after eminent scientists Marie and Pierre Curie, both known for their research on radioactivity. Curium was first inte ...

, symbol Cm, a chemical element

Units of measure

* Centimetre (cm), a unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre *

Coulomb-metre The electric dipole moment is a measure of the separation of positive and negative electrical charges within a system, that is, a measure of the system's overall polarity. The SI unit for electric dipole moment is the coulomb- meter (C⋅m). T ...

(Cm), SI unit of electrical dipole moment *

Centimorgan In genetics, a centimorgan (abbreviated cM) or map unit (m.u.) is a unit for measuring genetic linkage. It is defined as the distance between chromosome positions (also termed loci or markers) for which the expected average number of intervening ...

(cM), a unit for measuring genetic linkage

Other uses in science and technology

* CM Draconis, an eclipsing binary system in the constellation of Draco * Apollo command module, a segment of the Apollo command and service module * Commercial Message, Japanese abbreviation using Latin script * Condition monitoring, the process of monitoring a parameter of condition in machinery * Construction morphology, a theory of linguistic morphology

Organizations

* Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX/NYSE: CM), a Canadian bank * CM (commerce), a mobile services company formerly called ClubMessage * Cooler Master, a Taiwan computer hardware manufacturer

Places

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

, which has the ISO and FIPS country code "CM" **

.cm .cm is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Cameroon. The official registrar for .cm domains is ''Netcom.cm'', based in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. ''Netcom.cm Sarl'' was founded in early 2008 as a partner of ANTIC (), the inf ...

, the country code top-level domain for Cameroon * CM postcode area, central Essex, England *

Chiang Mai Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...

, Thailand *

Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonw ...

, formerly with the U.S. postal code "CM" (now "MP" to avoid confusion with Cameroon)

Titles and awards

* Candidate Master, an international chess title *

Certified Manager The Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM) is a US-based, non-profit, educational institute and certification body affiliated with the James Madison University College of Business, that provides education and certification in managem ...

, an internationally recognized professional credential for managers and leaders * Certified

Midwife A midwife is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialization known as midwifery. The education and training for a midwife concentrates extensively on the care of women throughout their lifespan; co ...

, health care profession * Chaconia Medal of the Order of the Trinity, a national award of Trinidad and Tobago, post-nominal CM *

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

, an appointed head of government. *

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the ...

Member, post-nominal letters C.M. *

Congregation of the Mission , logo = , image = Vincentians.png , abbreviation = CM , nickname = Vincentians, Paules, Lazarites, Lazarists, Lazarians , established = , founder = Vincent de Paul , fou ...

, a Roman Catholic religious institute *

Construction mechanic (United States Navy) Construction mechanic (abbreviated as CM) is a United States Navy occupational rating. Construction mechanics perform tasks involved in maintenance, repair and overhaul of automotive, materials handling and construction equipment; assign and supe ...

, a Seabee occupational rating in the U.S. Navy *

Knight Commander Royal Order of Monisaraphon The Royal Order of Monisaraphon ( km, គ្រឿងឥស្សរិយយសមុនីសារាភ័ណ្ឌ) was founded by King Sisowath of Cambodia on 1 February 1905. It is conferred for accomplishment and outstanding support in the ...

, post-nominal letters CM

Transportation

Chemins de fer du Morbihan The Chemins de fer du Morbihan (CM) was a metre gauge railway in Morbihan, France, with some track in Loire-Inférieure. The first lines opened in 1902 and the system had a total extent of . History The CM was a ''Voie Ferrées d'Interêt Loc ...

, a metre gauge railway network in Brittany, France * CM Airlines, a domestic airline in Honduras * Copa Airlines, Panama City, Panama, IATA designator

Other uses

* CM, number 900 in

Roman numerals Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, eac ...

Construction management Construction management (CM) is a professional service that uses specialized, project management techniques and software to oversee the planning, design, construction and closeout of a project. The purpose of Construction management is to control ...

/Construction manager *

Contract manufacturer A contract manufacturer (CM) is a manufacturer that contracts with a firm for components or products (in which case it is a turnkey supplier). It is a form of outsourcing. A contract manufacturer performing packaging operations is called copacker ...

, a company that manufactures items for other companies *

Contribution margin Contribution margin (CM), or dollar contribution per unit, is the selling price per unit minus the variable cost per unit. "Contribution" represents the portion of sales revenue that is not consumed by variable costs and so contributes to the covera ...

, a measure in management accounting * Cypro-Minoan syllabary, a form of writing used in Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age *

Central midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

, a position in association football