DM, Dm, dm, or D.M. may stand for:

Academic titles and postnominals

Doctor of Management The Doctor of Management (DM or DMgt) is an applied research doctorate (or professional practice doctorate) with a degree focus in management, leadership, and organizational topics."

, an academic management degree *

Doctor of Medicine A Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated MD, from the Latin language, Latin ) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the ''MD'' denotes a professional degree of ph ...

, commonly known as M.D. but archaically abbreviated as D.M. *

Doctor of Music The Doctor of Music degree (DMus, DM, MusD or occasionally MusDoc) is a doctorate awarded on the basis of a substantial portfolio of compositions, musical performances, and/or scholarly publications on music. In some institutions, the award is a ...

, an academic music-performance degree, also known as DMA

Arts, entertainment, and media

Broadcasting

* ''Danger Mouse'' (TV series), a British animated television series * WWDM, a radio station licensed to Sumter, South Carolina, United States

Gaming

Deathmatch (video games) Deathmatch, also known as free-for-all, is a gameplay mode integrated into many shooter games, including FPS game, first-person shooter (FPS), and real-time strategy (RTS) video games, where the goal is to kill (or Glossary of video game terms#fr ...

, a gameplay mode integrated into first-person shooter computer games * Dungeon Master, the game designer, storyteller and referee in ''Dungeons & Dragons''

Music

D minor D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. Its key signature has one flat. Its relative major is F major and its parallel major is D major. The D natural minor scale is: Changes needed ...

, a minor scale or chord * ''DM'' (album), 2017, by Mexican singer Dulce María * "DM" (song), 2022, by fromis_9 * Dance marathon, a multiple-day charity event on U.S. college campuses *

Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic music, electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists ...

, an English synthpop band formed in 1980 *

Drum major (marching band) A drum major or field commander is the leader of a marching band, drum and bugle corps (modern), drum and bugle corps, or pipe band, usually positioned at the head of the band or corps. The drum major is often dressed in more ornate clothing t ...

, the leader of a marching band *

Death Metal Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive ...

, an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music

Social media

Digital marketing Digital marketing is the component of marketing that uses the Internet and online-based Information technology, digital technologies such as desktop computers, mobile phones, and other digital media and platforms to promote products and service ...

Private message In computer networking, a private message, personal message, or direct message (abbreviated as PM or DM) refers to a private communication, often text-based, sent or received by a user of a private communication channel on any given platform. Unli ...

(also ''direct message'' or ''dm'')

In business and economics

Deutsche Mark The Deutsche Mark (; "German mark (currency), mark"), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" (), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later of unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002. In English, it ...

(1948–2002), the former currency of Germany (and West Germany) **

East German mark The East German mark ( ), commonly called the eastern mark ( ) in West Germany and after German reunification, reunification, was the currency of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Its ISO 4217, ISO 4217 currency code w ...

(1951–1990)

Companies and products

* Detroit and Mackinac Railway *

dm-drogerie markt dm-drogerie markt (usually abbreviated as dm) is a chain of retail stores headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, offering cosmetics, healthcare items, household products and health food and drinks. The company was founded in 1973, when it opened ...

, a German drugstore chain * Dr. Martens, a brand of boots * DM, IATA code of Arajet * DM, then IATA code of

Maersk Air Maersk Air A/S was a Danish airline which operated between 1969 and 2005. Owned by the Maersk, A. P. Møller–Mærsk Group, it operated a mix of scheduled and chartered passenger and cargo services. Headquartered at Dragør, its main operating ...

, a former Danish airline which operated from 1969 until 2005

Military

Designated marksman A designated marksman (DM), squad advanced marksman (AD) or squad designated marksman (SDM) is a military marksman role in an infantry squad. The term ''sniper'' was used in Soviet doctrine although the soldiers using the Dragunov SVD were the ...

, a soldier fulfilling the marksman role in an infantry squad * Royal Naval Armaments Depot, Defense Munitions, sites are prefixed DM * A US Navy hull classification symbol: Light minelayer (DM)

Places

Davis–Monthan Air Force Base Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DM AFB) is a United States Air Force base southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona. It was established in 1925 as Davis–Monthan Landing Field. The host unit for Davis–Monthan AFB is the 355th Wing (355 WG) ass ...

, Tucson, Arizona, US *

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Iowa, most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County, Iowa, Polk County with parts extending into Warren County, Iowa, Wa ...

, the state capital *

Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...

, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code: DM)

Science, technology, and mathematics

Computing

* .dm, Dominica's top-level Internet domain *

Dimensional modeling Dimensional modeling (DM) is part of the '' Business Dimensional Lifecycle'' methodology developed by Ralph Kimball which includes a set of methods, techniques and concepts for use in data warehouse design. The approach focuses on identifying th ...

, a set of techniques and concepts used in data warehouse design

Software

* ''Display Manager'', a window system for

Domain/OS Domain/OS is the discontinued operating system used by the Apollo/Domain line of workstations manufactured by Apollo Computer. It was originally launched in 1981 as AEGIS, and was rebranded to Domain/OS in 1988 when Unix environments were added ...

on Apollo/Domain workstations *

Device mapper The device mapper is a framework provided by the Linux kernel for mapping physical block devices onto higher-level ''virtual block devices''. It forms the foundation of the logical volume manager (LVM), software RAIDs and dm-crypt disk encrypt ...

, a component of the Linux kernel that supports logical volume management * X display manager, a graphical login manager

Medicine

Degenerative myelopathy Canine degenerative myelopathy, also known as chronic degenerative radiculomyelopathy, is an incurable, progressive disease of the canine spinal cord that is similar in many ways to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Onset is typically after the ...

, a condition in dogs affecting the spinal cord *

Diabetes mellitus Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained hyperglycemia, high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or th ...

, a disease characterized by high blood sugar *

Difference due to memory Difference due to memory (Dm) indexes differences in neural activity during the study phase of an experiment for items that subsequently are remembered compared to items that are later forgotten. It is mainly discussed as an event-related potential ...

, a neural activity effect * Diminished motivation, a condition characterized by lack of motivation * Double minute, fragments of extrachromosomal DNA in human tumors *

Myotonic dystrophy Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a type of muscular dystrophy, a group of genetic disorders that cause progressive muscle loss and weakness. In DM, muscles are often myotonia, unable to relax after contraction. Other manifestations may include catarac ...

(DM-1/2/3), a chronic muscle-wasting disease * n-Decyl β-D-Maltopyranoside, a maltoside detergent used when purifying membrane proteins *

Dermatomyositis Dermatomyositis (DM) is a Chronic condition, long-term inflammatory disorder, inflammatory Autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder which affects the skin and the muscles. Its symptoms are generally a skin rash and worsening muscle weakness over ...

, an inflammatory systemic disorder affecting the skin, muscles, and other organs

Physics

Dark matter In astronomy, dark matter is an invisible and hypothetical form of matter that does not interact with light or other electromagnetic radiation. Dark matter is implied by gravity, gravitational effects that cannot be explained by general relat ...

, in cosmology, hypothetical non-luminous matter * Deformable mirror * Dispersion measure, the amount of dispersion of radio waves by interstellar medium

Units of length

Decimetre The decimetre (or in American English; symbol: dm), is a unit of length in the International System of Units, equal to one tenth of a metre, ten centimetres, one hundred millimetres, and 3.937 inches. The common non- SI metric unit of volu ...

(dm), equal to ten centimetres * Decametre (sometimes Dm), equal to ten metres * Data mile (DM), in radar, equal to 6000 feet

Other uses in science, technology and mathematics

Adamsite Adamsite or DM is an organic compound; technically, an arsenical diphenylaminechlorarsine, that can be used as a riot control agent. DM belongs to the group of chemical warfare agents known as vomiting agents or sneeze gases. First synthesized ...

, a chemical agent used in riot control * Differential Manchester encoding *

Distributed morphology In generative linguistics, Distributed Morphology is a theoretical framework introduced in 1993 by Morris Halle and Alec Marantz.Halle, Morris & Alec Marantz. 1993. 'Distributed Morphology and the Pieces of Inflection.' In The View from Buildin ...

, a theoretical framework in linguistics

Sports and recreation

Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Divisi ...

, an NBA team * Danske Mesterskaber, the Danish Athletics Championships *

Defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

, an association football position *

Divemaster A divemaster (DM) is a role that includes organising and leading recreational dives, particularly in a professional capacity, and is a qualification used in many parts of the world in recreational scuba diving for a diver who has supervisory respo ...

, in scuba diving

Other uses

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De minimis ''De minimis'' is a legal doctrine by which a court refuses to consider trifling matters. The name of the doctrine is a Latin expression meaning "pertaining to minimal things" or "with trifles", normally in the terms ("The praetor does not conce ...

'', a Latin legal term * '' Diis Manibus'', a Latin epitaphial acronym * SJ Dm3, and Dm, Swedish locomotives *

District magistrate The district magistrate, also known as the district collector or deputy commissioner, is a career civil servant who serves as the executive head of a district's administration in India. The specific name depends on the state or union territo ...

, senior local role in the Indian Administrative Service *