SSM may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

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

, an art museum in Istanbul, Turkey *

SSM (band) SSM are an American garage punk band from Detroit, Michigan, United States, who are signed to Alive Records and feature members of The Hentchmen, The Sights, and The Cyril Lords. Career Taking their band name from their last names, the post- ...

, a post punk/garage/psych rock band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 2005

Organizations

Companies Commission of Malaysia The Companies Commission of Malaysia (, abbreviated SSM) is a statutory body formed under an Act of Parliament that regulates corporate and business affairs in Malaysia. The SSM was formed in 2002 under the ''Companies Commission of Malaysia Act ...

(''Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia'') *

Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia The Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia (Macedonian: Сојуз на синдикатите на Македонија, ''Sojuz na sindikatite na Makedonija'', abbreviated as ССМ in Cyrillic text, transliterated as SSM) is a national trade u ...

(''Сојуз на синдикатите на Македонија'') *

Georgian Public Broadcasting Georgian Public Broadcaster ( ka, საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი, ) is the national public broadcaster of Georgia. History It started broadcasting radio in 1925, and ...

(''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 the city of Faribault, Minnesota. History Established in 1858 as an Episcopal mission scho ...

, a coeducational Episcopal-affiliated boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota, US *

Socialist Union of Youth The Czechoslovak Socialist Youth Union (SSM) was a mass organization which served as the youth wing of the Communist Party in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1970 to 1990. It existed alongside the Pioneer Organization, which was geare ...

(''Socialistický svaz mládeže''), an organization in the former Czechoslovakia *

SSM Health SSM Health (an initialism of Sisters of Saint Mary) is a Catholic, non-profit United States health care system. It has 11,000 providers and nearly 39,000 employees in four states: Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Based in St. Louis ...

, St. Louis, Missouri, US *

Society for Social Medicine The Society for Social Medicine (SSM) is the primary organization for researchers in social, community, and public health in the UK and Ireland, founded in London in 1956. The society was renamed the Society for ''Social Medicine and Population ...

, 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 fello ...

, an Anglican religious order *

Society of Saint Margaret The Society of Saint Margaret (SSM) is an order of women in the Anglican Church. The Anglican religious order, religious order is active in England, Haiti, Sri Lanka, and the United States of America, United States and formerly Scotland. History ...

, an Anglican religious order *

Swedish Radiation Safety Authority The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority () 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 the Swedish Nuclear Power Ins ...

(''Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten'')

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 Ssm6a (''Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans'' 6), or μ-SLPTX-Ssm6a, is a toxin from the venom of the Chinese red-headed centipede. It has strong analgesic properties, probably owing to its strong inhibitory effects on Nav1.7 channels. Sources S ...

, 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. Gene The gene and intron-exon structure were first predicted through analysis of the complete sequence of human chromosome 7, its initial design ...

, 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. Slippe ...

, a mutation process during DNA replication * ''

Social Science & Medicine ''Social Science & Medicine'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering social science research that is relevant to health. The disciplines covered by the journal include anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, social epidemiology, soc ...

'', 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 syllabus in UK medical schools, introduced following the recommendations of the 2002 report, "Tomorrow's Doc ...

, now student selected component, an option in medical schools in the UK *

Superficial spreading melanoma Superficial spreading melanoma (SSM) is a type of skin cancer that typically starts as an irregularly edged dark spot typically on sun-exposed part of the body. The colour may be variable with dark, light and reddish shades; occasionally no color ...

, a type of cancer *

System status management Public Utility Model (PUM), is an emergency medical service (EMS) system. In a Public Utility Model system, the government is a "purchaser" of dispatchers, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedic providers from an EMS provider (contrac ...

, of emergency medical services

Other science and technology

Scanning SQUID microscope Scan, SCAN or Scanning may refer to: Science and technology Computing and electronics * Graham scan, an algorithm for finding the convex hull of a set of points in the plane * 3D scanning, of a real-world object or environment to collect three dim ...

, 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, and magnesium. It can work with higher temperature alloys that lack suitable die materials. The ...

, 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 () is a Malaysian federal award presented for meritorious service to the country and awarded by the sovereign. The order was instituted on 15 April 1966 and gazetted on 30 June 1966 ...

Special Service Medal (Canada) The Special Service Medal () 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 performed, "service under exceptional ...

, awarded to members of the Canadian Forces *

Squadron sergeant major The company sergeant major (CSM) is the senior non-commissioned soldier of a company in the armies of many Commonwealth countries, responsible for administration, standards and discipline. In combat, their prime responsibility is the supply of ...

, in some Commonwealth armies * Staff sergeant major, in some Commonwealth armies

Weaponry

* Ship-to-ship missile *

Surface-to-ship missile An anti-ship missile (AShM or ASM) 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. ...

Surface-to-surface missile A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) 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 installations, or from a ship. They ar ...

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 IndyCar Team due to sponsorship, is based in Indianapolis and was founded by former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt in 2001 as Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM). The team operates the N ...

, an auto racing team * Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport, IATA code *

Self-supporting minister In the Church of England, self-supporting ministers (SSMs), previously called non-stipendiary ministers (NSMs) or non-stipendiary priests, are ministers who do not receive a stipend. They usually have alternative employment. There were around 2,000 ...

, an unpaid priest in the Church of England and Church of Ireland * Single Supervisory Mechanism, also known as

European Banking Supervision European Banking Supervision, also known as the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), is the policy framework for the prudential supervision of banks in the euro area. It is centered on the European Central Bank (ECB), whose supervisory arm is re ...

, a system centered on the European Central Bank for the prudential supervision of banks in the euro area *

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 Ja ...

, 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 applicable to problematic social situations and in the management of change by using action. It was developed in England by academics at the Lancaster Systems Department on the basis o ...

, a problem-solving method *

Same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal Legal sex and gender, sex. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of 1.5 ...

, a marriage between two people of the same legal sex {{disambiguation