EMD may refer to:
Finance and commerce
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Emerging market debt
Emerging market debt (EMD) is a term used to encompass bonds issued by Less Developed Countries. It does not include borrowing from government, supranational organizations such as the IMF or private sources, though loans that are securitized and ...
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Earnest money deposit
An earnest payment or earnest money is a specific form of security deposit made in some major transactions such as real estate dealings or required by some official procurement processes to demonstrate that the applicant is serious and willing to ...
, in the United States, a security deposit, especially for real estate
Medicine
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Electromagnetic diaphragm
An electromagnetic diaphragm is a form of capacitive sensor used on an electronic stethoscope. The diaphragm is coated with a conductive material. A conductive plate is positioned behind and parallel to the diaphragm, so that the two conductive ...
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Electromechanical dissociation
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Emergency medical dispatcher
An emergency medical dispatcher is a professional telecommunicator, tasked with the gathering of information related to medical emergencies, the provision of assistance and instructions by voice, prior to the arrival of emergency medical service ...
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Enamel matrix derivative In dentistry, enamel matrix derivative (EMD) is an extract of porcine fetal tooth material used to biomimetically stimulate the soft and hard tissues surrounding teeth to regrow (in a process known as regeneration) following tissue destruction.
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Esophageal motility disorder
An esophageal motility disorder (EMD) is any medical disorder causing difficulty in swallowing, regurgitation of food and a spasm-type pain which can be brought on by an allergic reaction to certain foods. The most prominent one is dysphagia.
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Merck Group
The Merck Group, branded and commonly known as Merck, is a German multinational science and technology company headquartered in Darmstadt, with about 60,000 employees and present in 66 countries. The group includes around 250 companies; the m ...
, known as EMD in Canada and the United States, a German pharmaceutical company
Science and technology
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Electrolytic manganese dioxide
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Emerin
Emerin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''EMD'' gene, also known as the ''STA'' gene. Emerin, together with LEMD3, is a LEM domain-containing Transmembrane protein, integral protein of the Inner nuclear membrane proteins, inner Cell ...
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Empirical mode decomposition
Empirical evidence for a proposition is evidence, i.e. what supports or counters this proposition, that is constituted by or accessible to sense experience or experimental procedure. Empirical evidence is of central importance to the sciences and ...
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Equilibrium mode distribution
The equilibrium mode owerdistribution of light travelling in an optical waveguide or fiber, is the distribution of light that is no longer changing with fibre length or with input modal excitation. This phenomenon requires both mode filtering and ...
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ReadyBoost
ReadyBoost (codenamed EMD) is a disk caching software component developed by Microsoft for Windows Vista and included in later versions of Windows. ReadyBoost enables NAND memory mass storage CompactFlash, SD card, and USB flash drive devices t ...
, disk-caching software
Transport
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East Midlands Parkway railway station
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
, in England
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Electro-Motive Diesel
Progress Rail Locomotives, doing business as Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), is an American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry. The company is owned by Caterpillar through its sub ...
, an American locomotive manufacturer
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Electronic Miscellaneous Document
The Electronic Miscellaneous Document (EMD) is an International Air Transport Association (IATA) standard for electronically documenting ancillary revenue; that is, all other sales and transactions between airlines and passengers besides electronic ...
in the airline industry
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Emerald Airport
Emerald Airport is an airport serving Emerald, a town located in the Central Highlands district of Queensland, Australia. It is located south of the Emerald town centre, on the Gregory Highway (Springsure Road). The airport is operated by the ...
, in Queensland, Australia
Other uses
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Schneider Electric EMD a Armenian-Serbian electric company
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EMD (band)
E.M.D. was a Swedish boyband consisting of Erik Segerstedt, Mattias Andréasson and Danny Saucedo. All three members had participated on the Swedish version of '' Idol'', with Erik as a finalist and Danny at 6th place on Idol 2006. Mattias wa ...
, a Swedish band
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Earth mover's distance
In statistics, the earth mover's distance (EMD) is a measure of the distance between two probability distributions over a region ''D''. In mathematics, this is known as the Wasserstein metric. Informally, if the distributions are interpreted ...
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European Marketing Distribution European Marketing Distribution (EMD) is a European purchasing organization for grocery stores. EMD was established in 1989 and is based in Switzerland.
EMD is currently active in 20 countries with 55,000 points of sale. It has 13 members and has a ...
, a European purchasing organization for grocery stores
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European Maritime Day
European Maritime Day (EMD), celebrated on 20 May each year, seeks to raise European citizens' awareness of the seas and their importance. Several events take place during that day, including an annual stakeholder conference co-organised by the Eu ...
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