MS, ms, Ms, M.S., etc. may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Ms.'' (magazine), an American feminist magazine *

Metal Storm (webzine) Metal Storm (also known as MetalStorm.net, MetalStorm.ee, MetalStorm.eu or just MS) is a webzine specializing in various forms of heavy metal music. It is based in Tallinn, Estonia, but caters to an international audience, symbolically recogniz ...

, a heavy metal website based in Estonia

Businesses and organizations

* MS-13, criminal gang * Missionaries of La Salette, a Catholic male religious order * Młodzi Socjaliści (Young Socialists), a former Polish socialist youth organization * Morgan Stanley, a US investment bank (NYSE stock symbol: MS) *

Mjólkursamsalan Mjólkursamsalan, (MS) is an Icelandic company that produces milk and other dairy products and is the largest company in the Icelandic dairy industry MS is owned by two cooperatives, Auðhumla a cooperative of Icelandic dairy farmers Dairy fa ...

, an Icelandic dairy company

Educational qualifications

* Master of Science, a master's degree in the field of science *

Master of Surgery The Master of Surgery (Latin: Magister Chirurgiae) is an advanced qualification in surgery. Depending upon the degree, it may be abbreviated ChM, MCh, MChir or MS. At a typical medical school the program lasts between two and three years. The p ...

, an advanced medical degree * Master Sommelier, a terminal degree in the field of wine * ''

Mastère spécialisé The Mastère Spécialisé, also called the Specialized Master or Advanced Master is a French post-graduate specialization degree created in 1986 by the French Conférence des Grandes Écoles. It is a full-time, one-year program (75 ECTS) which incl ...

'', a French postgraduate ''grande école'' master's degree

Medicine

* Mitral stenosis, narrowing of the mitral valve of the heart * Morphine sulfate, an opiate pain-relieving drug *

Multiple sclerosis Multiple (cerebral) sclerosis (MS), also known as encephalomyelitis disseminata or disseminated sclerosis, is the most common demyelinating disease, in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. This d ...

, a disease of the nervous system

Military

* Master seaman, a non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Navy * Mess Management Specialist, a former U.S. Navy occupational rating now covered by culinary specialist

Places

Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul () is one of the Midwestern states of Brazil. Neighboring Brazilian states are (from north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay, to the southwest, and ...

, Brazil, postal code MS * Mississippi, a U.S. state, official abbreviation *

Montserrat Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with r ...

, Caribbean island nation (ISO 3166-2 country code: MS)

Science and technology

Computing

.ms .ms is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory. Usage * Microsoft uses this as an abbreviation for projects such as ch9.ms or 1drv.ms for its OneDrive. In particular, aka.ms is used ex ...

, the top level Internet domain for Montserrat in the Caribbean *

Master System The is an 8-bit third-generation home video game console manufactured by Sega. It was originally a remodeled export version of the Sega Mark III, the third iteration of the SG-1000 series of consoles, which was released in Japan in 1985 and ...

, a third-generation video game console produced by Sega * Microsoft, an American-based global software company * Mobile station, a piece of equipment for communication with a mobile network

Units of measure

* Megasiemens (MS), and millisiemens (mS), multiples of the unit of electric conductance siemens *

Metre per second The metre per second is the unit of both speed (a scalar (physics), scalar quantity) and velocity (a Vector (mathematics and physics), vector quantity, which has direction and magnitude) in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the sp ...

(m/s), a unit of velocity (speed) * Mile per second (m/s), a unit of velocity (speed) *

Millisecond A millisecond (from '' milli-'' and second; symbol: ms) is a unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth (0.001 or 10−3 or 1/1000) of a second and to 1000 microseconds. A unit of 10 milliseconds may be called ...

(ms), a unit of time equal to one thousandth of a second

Other uses in science and technology

Surface-wave magnitude The surface wave magnitude (M_s) scale is one of the magnitude scales used in seismology to describe the size of an earthquake. It is based on measurements of Rayleigh surface waves that travel along the uppermost layers of the Earth. This ma ...

(M_s), a seismic scale *

Solar mass The solar mass () is a standard unit of mass in astronomy, equal to approximately . It is often used to indicate the masses of other stars, as well as stellar clusters, nebulae, galaxies and black holes. It is approximately equal to the mass ...

(M_S), an alternate symbol to M_⊙ * Mass spectrometry, a method of determining the chemical composition or exact mass of molecules * Master of Science, a postgraduate university master's degree * Mesylate, a chemical salt * Spin quantum number,

m_s

Transportation

* Egyptair, by its IATA code "MS" * Motor ship, ship prefix * Chennai Egmore railway station, code MS

Other uses

* Ms., a common title for women that does not indicate marital status * MS (cigarette), an Italian brand of cigarettes * MS (satellite), a series of four Soviet satellites launched in 1962 * Malay language, of Southeast Asia (ISO 639-1 language code: ms) * Manuscript, abbreviation (ms.) for a written or typed document * Member of the Senedd (formerly ''Assembly Member''), Welsh Parliament legislator * Memoriae Sacrum (Latin for "Sacred to the Memory"), an epitaph * Multan Sultans, a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team in the Pakistan Super League