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

Arts and entertainment

* ''Ms.'' (magazine), an American feminist magazine * Metal Storm (webzine), a heavy metal website based in Estonia

Businesses and organizations

MS-13 Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1970s and 1980s. Originally, the gang was set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in the Los Ang ...

, criminal gang * Missionaries of La Salette, a Catholic male religious order * Młodzi Socjaliści (Young Socialists), a former Polish socialist youth organization *

Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment management and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in more than 41 countries and more than 75,000 employees, the f ...

, a US investment bank (NYSE stock symbol: MS) * Mjólkursamsalan, an Icelandic dairy company

Educational qualifications

Master of Science A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast ...

, 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 The Court of Master Sommeliers (CMS) is an educational organisation established in 1977 to encourage improved standards of Alcoholic beverage, beverage service by sommeliers, particularly in wine and food pairing. From the court's inception throu ...

, a terminal degree in the field of wine * '' Mastère spécialisé'', 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, 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, a ...

, Brazil, postal code MS *

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mis ...

, a U.S. state, official abbreviation * Montserrat, 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, a third-generation video game console produced by Sega *

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation, multinational technology company, technology corporation producing Software, computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at th ...

, an American-based global software company *

Mobile station A mobile station (MS) comprises all user equipment and software needed for communication with a mobile network. The term refers to the global system connected to the mobile network, i.e. a mobile phone or mobile computer connected using a mobile ...

, 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 quantity) and velocity (a vector quantity, which has direction and magnitude) in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the speed of a body covering a distance of one metre in a ...

(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 ca ...

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

Other uses in science and technology

* Surface-wave magnitude (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 o ...

(M_S), an alternate symbol to M_⊙ *

Mass spectrometry Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that is used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. The results are presented as a '' mass spectrum'', a plot of intensity as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio. Mass spectrometry is u ...

, a method of determining the chemical composition or exact mass of molecules *

, a postgraduate university master's degree * Mesylate, a chemical salt *

Spin quantum number In atomic physics, the spin quantum number is a quantum number (designated ) which describes the intrinsic angular momentum (or spin angular momentum, or simply spin) of an electron or other particle. The phrase was originally used to describe ...

m_s

Transportation

Egyptair Egyptair (Egyptian Arabic: , ') is the state-owned flag carrier of Egypt. The airline is headquartered at Cairo International Airport, its main hub, operating scheduled passenger and freight services to 81 destinations in the Middle East, Europe, ...

, 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) MS was a series of four Soviet satellites launched in 1962. Two different types of satellite, 1MS and 2MS were used, with two satellites of each type being launched. Three of the satellites were operated successfully, however one of the 1MS sat ...

, a series of four Soviet satellites launched in 1962 *

Malay language Malay (; ms, Bahasa Melayu, links=no, Jawi: , Rencong: ) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of the Philippines ...

, of Southeast Asia (ISO 639-1 language code: ms) *

Manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced ...

, 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