AMS or Ams may refer to:

Organizations

Companies

Alenia Marconi Systems Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) was a major European integrated defence electronics company and an equal shares joint venture between BAE Systems and Finmeccanica (now Leonardo S.p.A.) until its dissolution on 3 May 2005. AMS was formed in 1998 by ...

* American Management Systems * AMS (Advanced Music Systems) * ams AG, semiconductor manufacturer * AMS Pictures * Auxiliary Medical Services

Educational institutions

* Arthur Morgan School, North Carolina, US * Army Medical School, US * Academy of Military Science (People's Republic of China) * Academy of Military Science (United States) * Association of Muslim Schools, global *

Antwerp Management School The Antwerp Management School () is the University of Antwerp's autonomous business school. It is located in the historical center of the city of Antwerp. The school offers eight full-time master programs and more than sixty short or long-term ex ...

Government agencies

Agricultural Marketing Service The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; it maintains programs in five commodity areas: cotton and tobacco; dairy; fruit and vegetable; livestock and seed; and poultry. These programs ...

, US * Army Map Service, US, later National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency *

Army Medical Services The Army Medical Services (AMS) is the organisation responsible for administering the corps that deliver medical, veterinary, dental and nursing services in the British Army. It is headquartered at the former Staff College, Camberley, near the ...

, UK

Societies and associations

* Alma Mater Society of Queen's University, student society, Canada * Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia, student society, Canada *

American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...

* American Meteor Society *

American Meteorological Society The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is a scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. Its mission is to advance the atmosph ...

American Montessori Society The American Montessori Society (AMS) is a New York City-based, member-supported nonprofit organization which promotes the use of the Montessori teaching approach in private and public schools. AMS advocates for the Montessori method (popularized ...

American Musicological Society The American Musicological Society (AMS) is a musicological organization which researches, promotes and produces publications on music. Founded in 1934, the AMS was begun by leading American musicologists of the time, and was crucial in legiti ...

* The Ancient Monuments Society, England and Wales *

Association of Muslim Scholars The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq () is a group of religious leaders in Iraq. It was formed on the 14 April 2003, four days after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, U.S.-led invasion demolished the Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction), Ba'athi ...

Other

* Aboriginal Medical Service, an Indigenous Australian community-controlled health service in Sydney

Science and technology

Chemical substances

Sodium 2-anthraquinonesulfonate Sodium 2-anthraquinonesulfonate (AMS) is a water-soluble anthraquinone derivative. In the laboratory it can be prepared by sulfonation of anthraquinone. Digester additive in papermaking AMS is used as a catalyst in the production of alkaline pul ...

known as AMS * Ammonium sulfate, sometimes abbreviated as AMS * Allyl methyl sulfide * Alpha-methylstyrene, a chemical intermediate * Ammonium sulfamate, an herbicide

Chemistry and physics

* Accelerator mass spectrometry * AMS radiocarbon dating *

Aerosol mass spectrometry Aerosol mass spectrometry is the application of mass spectrometry to the analysis of the composition of aerosol particles. Aerosol particles are defined as solid and liquid particles suspended in a gas (air), with size range of 3 nm to 100 ...

* Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, AMS-02 * Anisotropy of

magnetic susceptibility In electromagnetism, the magnetic susceptibility (; denoted , chi) is a measure of how much a material will become magnetized in an applied magnetic field. It is the ratio of magnetization (magnetic moment per unit volume) to the applied magnet ...

Medicine

* Acute mountain sickness, a form of

altitude sickness Altitude sickness, the mildest form being acute mountain sickness (AMS), is a harmful effect of high altitude, caused by rapid exposure to low amounts of oxygen at high elevation. People's bodies can respond to high altitude in different wa ...

* Altered Mental Status, see Altered level of consciousness * Antimicrobial stewardship * Ablepharon macrostomia syndrome, an autosomal dominant genetic disorder

Software

Address Management System Address Management System (AMS) is the United States Postal Service The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agencies of the United States government ...

of the US Postal Service * Access Method Services * Association Management System

Technology

* Analog and mixed-signal, as in Verilog-AMS and

VHDL-AMS VHDL-AMS is a derivative of the hardware description language VHDL (IEEE 1076-2002). It includes analog and mixed-signal extensions (AMS) in order to define the behavior of analog and mixed-signal systems (IEEE 1076.1-2017). The VHDL-AMS standard ...

* Anti Missile Systems in

missile defense Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles. Conceived as a defense against nuclear weapon, nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic mi ...

* Automatic milking systems in dairy farming

Other uses

* Acquisition Management System issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration *

Additional Member System The additional-member system (AMS) is a two-vote seat-linkage-based mixed electoral system used in the United Kingdom in which most legislator, representatives are elected in single-member districts (SMDs), and a fixed number of other "addition ...

of voting * Alan Michael Sugar, British businessman, uses initials for enterprises such as Amstrad *

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam Airport Schiphol , known informally as Schiphol Airport (, ), is the main international airport of the Netherlands, and is one of the major hubs for the SkyTeam airline alliance. It is located southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipal ...

(IATA airport code) * Arbeitsmarktservice, an Austrian

employment agency An employment agency is an organization which matches employers to employees. In developed countries, there are multiple private businesses which act as employment agencies and a publicly funded employment agency. Public employment agencies One ...

* Atlanta Motor Speedway * ''

Auto, Motor und Sport ''Auto Motor und Sport'', (stylized in all lowercase) and abbreviated AMS or AMuS, is a German automobile magazine. It is published fortnightly by Motor Presse Netzwerk's subsidiary Motor Presse Stuttgart, a specialist magazine publisher that i ...

'', a German automobile magazine * Ocean minesweeper (AMS), a US Navy hull classification symbol * AMS, UNDP code for

American Samoa American Samoa is an Territories of the United States, unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. Centered on , it is southeast of the island count ...

* AMS, group of characters in ''The House of the Dead'' (series) * AMS, Amtrak station code for Amsterdam (Amtrak station) in New York {{disambiguation