SSM may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Sakıp Sabancı Museum The Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum ( tr, Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi) is a private fine arts museum in Istanbul, Turkey, dedicated to calligraphic art, religious and state documents, as well as paintings of the Ottoman era. The museum w ...

, an art museum in Istanbul, Turkey * SSM (band), a post punk/garage/psych rock band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 2005

Organizations

Companies Commission of Malaysia A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...

(''Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia'') * Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia (''Сојуз на синдикатите на Македонија'') * Georgian Public Broadcasting (''Sakartvelos Sazogadoebrivi Mauts'q'ebeli'') * Sarawak Sovereignty Movement, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia * Scuola Svizzera di Milano, a Swiss international school in Milan, Italy *

Shattuck-Saint Mary's Shattuck-St. Mary's (also known as Shattuck-St. Mary's School, Shattuck, or simply SSM) is a coeducational Episcopal-affiliated boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Established in 1858 as an Episcopal mission school and se ...

, a coeducational Episcopal-affiliated boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota, US * Socialist Union of Youth (''Socialistický svaz mládeže''), an organization in the former Czechoslovakia *

SSM Health SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit United States health care system with 11,000 providers and nearly 39,000 employees in four states, including Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Missouri. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, SSM Health owns hos ...

, St. Louis, Missouri, US * Society for Social Medicine, UK *

Society of the Sacred Mission The Society of the Sacred Mission (SSM), with the associated Company of the Sacred Mission, is an Anglican religious order founded in 1893 by Father Herbert Kelly, envisaged such that "members of the Society share a common life of prayer and fell ...

, an Anglican religious order *

Society of Saint Margaret The Society of Saint Margaret (SSM) is an order of women in the Anglican Church. The Order is active in England, Haiti, Sri Lanka, and the United States and formerly Scotland. History The Sisters of St Margaret were founded in 1855 by Dr John ...

, an Anglican religious order *

Swedish Radiation Safety Authority The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority ( sv, Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten) is the Swedish government authority responsible for radiation protection. It sorts under the Ministry of the Environment. It was created on 1 July 2008 with the merging of ...

(''Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten'') * Swiss School of Management, a business school located at Bellinzona, Switzerland * Swiss Society for Microbiology, the professional association of Swiss microbiologists

Computing

* Silicon secured memory, SPARC encryption technology *

Source-specific multicast Source-specific multicast (SSM) is a method of delivering multicast packets in which the only packets that are delivered to a receiver are those originating from a specific source address requested by the receiver. By so limiting the source, SSM re ...

, in computer networking *

Standard shadow map Shadow mapping or shadowing projection is a process by which shadows are added to 3D computer graphics. This concept was introduced by Lance Williams in 1978, in a paper entitled "Casting curved shadows on curved surfaces." Since then, it has b ...

, in computer graphics

Medicine

* Ssm6a, Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans 6, or μ-SLPTX-Ssm6a, is a toxin from the venom of the Chinese red-headed centipede. * SSMEM1, Serine-rich single-pass membrane protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSMEM1 gene. *

Sleep state misperception Sleep state misperception (SSM) is a term in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) most commonly used for people who mistakenly perceive their sleep as wakefulness,Minecan, Daniela, and Antonio Culebras. http://www.medlink.com ...

, a term used to classify sleep disorders *

Slipped strand mispairing Slipped strand mispairing (SSM), (also known as replication slippage), is a mutation process which occurs during DNA replication. It involves denaturation and displacement of the DNA strands, resulting in mispairing of the complementary bases. ...

, a mutation process during DNA replication * '' Social Science & Medicine'', a peer-reviewed journal *

Special study module Student selected components (SSCs; formerly known as special study modules or SSMs) are optional elements within the undergraduate medical Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevent ...

, now student selected component, an option in medical schools in the UK * Superficial spreading melanoma, a type of cancer * System status management, of emergency medical services

Other science and technology

* Scanning SQUID microscope, a magnetic current imaging system *

Semi-solid metal casting Semi-solid metal casting (SSM) is a near net shape variant of die casting. The process is used today with non-ferrous metals, such as aluminium, copper,Young, p. 1. and magnesium, but also can work with higher temperature alloys for which no curren ...

, in the production of aluminium or magnesium parts *

Special sensor microwave/imager The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) is a seven-channel, four-frequency, linearly polarized passive microwave radiometer system.Hollinger, J.P. 1989: ''DMSP Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Calibration/Validation''. Final Report, Vol. I., Spac ...

, is a seven-channel, four-frequency, linearly polarized passive microwave radiometer system *

Spectral submanifold In dynamical systems, a spectral submanifold (SSM) is the unique smoothest invariant manifold serving as the nonlinear extension of a spectral subspace of a linear dynamical system under the addition of nonlinearities. SSM theory provides conditi ...

, a type of invariant manifold in nonlinear dynamical systems * Standard solar model, a mathematical treatment of the Sun as a spherical ball of gas in cosmology *

Startup, shutdowns, and malfunctions ''Startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions'' (SSM) are periods of non-continuous operation in refineries, chemical plants or similar industrial facilities. During such temporary periods, these plants might emit larger amounts of pollution, and theref ...

, in potentially polluting industrial plants

Military appointments and decorations

* Grand Commander of the

Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia The Most Esteemed Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia ( ms, Darjah Yang Mulia Setia Mahkota Malaysia) is a Malaysian federal award presented for meritorious service to the country and awarded by the sovereign. The order was instituted ...

Special Service Medal (Canada) The Special Service Medal (french: Médaille du service spécial) is a service medal awarded to members of the Canadian Forces. The medal was established by letters patent by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 June 1984. Recipients of this medal must have ...

, awarded to members of the Canadian Forces * Squadron sergeant major, in some Commonwealth armies *

Staff sergeant major Staff sergeant majorNote that in the British Army, the plural is "staff sergeant majors" and not "staff sergeants major". The earliest usage of "sergeant majors" in ''The Times'' is in 1822. The last of the (very occasional) usages of "sergeant ...

, in some Commonwealth armies

Weaponry

* Ship-to-ship missile *

Surface-to-ship missile An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. A good nu ...

Surface-to-surface missile A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) or ground-to-ground missile (GGM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea and strike targets on land or at sea. They may be fired from hand-held or vehicle mounted devices, from fixed ins ...

* SSM-1, the Japanese

Type 88 Surface-to-Ship Missile The Type 88 Surface-to-Ship Missile (88式地対艦誘導弾, SSM-1) is a truck-mounted anti-ship missile developed by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in the late 1980s. It is a land-based version of the air-launched Type 80 (ASM-1) missile; ...

* SSM-1B, the Japanese

Type 90 Ship-to-Ship Missile The Type 90 Ship-to-Ship Missile (90式艦対艦誘導弾, SSM-1B) is a ship-launched anti-ship missile developed by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries that entered service in 1990. It is a naval version of the truck-launched Type 88 (SSM-1) mis ...

SSM-700K Haeseong The SSM-700K C-Star (Haeseong) (, Sea Star) is a ship-launched sea-skimming surface-to-surface anti-ship cruise missile developed by the South Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD), LIG Nex1 and the Republic of Korea Navy in 2003. The mi ...

, a South Korean ship-launched sea-skimming surface-to-surface anti-ship cruise missile * SSM-A-5 Boojum, a United States Air Force cruise missile *

SSM-A-23 Dart The XSSM-A-23 Dart was an anti-tank guided missile developed for the United States Army in the 1950s. After protracted development, the missile, similar in design to the French SS.10, was cancelled in favor of purchasing the SS.11 missile. Design ...

, an anti-tank guided missile developed for the United States Army * SSM-N-8 Regulus, a United States Navy cruise missile, 1955–1964 *

SSM-N-9 Regulus II The SSM-N-9 Regulus II cruise missile is a supersonic guided missile armed with a nuclear warhead, intended for launching from surface ships and submarines of the U.S. Navy (USN).Koch, Charles A"Regulus II cruise missile".''Regulus II Cruise Missi ...

, a United States Navy cruise missile

Other uses

* Honda SSM, a concept car introduced at the 1995 Tokyo Motor Show *

Sam Schmidt Motorsports The IndyCar Series operation of McLaren (competing as Arrow McLaren due to sponsorship) is based in Indianapolis and was founded by former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt in 2001 as Sam Schmidt Motorsports. After a series of partnerships and name ...

, an auto racing team *

Self-supporting minister Self-supporting ministers (SSMs), previously called non-stipendiary ministers or non-stipendiary priests (NSMs), are religious ministers who do not receive a stipend (i.e. payment) for their services and therefore financially support their own mi ...

, an unpaid priest in the Church of England and Church of Ireland *

Single Supervisory Mechanism The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) is the first pillar of the European banking union and is the legislative and institutional framework that grants the European Central Bank (ECB) a leading supervisory role over banks in the EU. The ECB d ...

, whereby the European Central Bank supervises banks' stability *

Special Safeguard Mechanism The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) is an international treaty of the World Trade Organization. It was negotiated during the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and entered into force with the establishment of the WTO on J ...

, a World Trade Organization tool that allows developing countries to raise tariffs temporarily to deal with import surges or price falls *

Strategic service management Strategic service management (SSM) is a business strategy that aims to optimize the post-sales service that a company provides, by synchronizing service parts and resources forecasting, service partners, workforce technicians, and service pricing. B ...

, optimization of a company's post-sale service *

Soft systems methodology Soft systems methodology (SSM) is an organised way of thinking and it can be used to tackle general problematic situations that arise in the real world and in the management of change by using action. Developed in England by academics at the Lancast ...

, a problem-solving method *

Same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being Mexico, constituting ...

, a marriage between two people of the same gender {{disambiguation