Pom or POM may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Pom (comics) Jozef Van Hove, better known as Pom, (16 November 1919 – 2 May 2014) was a Belgian comics writer and artist, mainly known for the humorous-satirical adventure comic strip ''Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber'' published in ''Gazet van Antwerpen''. Pom w ...

(1919–2014), a Belgian comic strip writer and artist * Baby Pom, a fictional character in the British television programme ''

Fimbles ''Fimbles'' is a British children's television series created and produced by Novel Entertainment. The series has 200 episodes, airing from September 23, 2002 to September 24, 2004 with repeats airing until early 2012 on CBeebies. The Fimbles a ...

'' * Pom, a character in the video game ''

Them's Fightin' Herds ''Them's Fightin' Herds'' is an indie fighting game developed by Mane6 and published by Modus Games. It features a cast of ungulate characters fighting each other to find a champion worthy of gaining a magical key that will protect their worl ...

Organizations

Pepco Holdings Pepco Holdings was a holding company incorporated in February 2001 for the purpose of effecting the acquisition of Conectiv Power Delivery by Potomac Electric Power Company (better known as "Pepco"). The acquisition was completed on August 1, 200 ...

(stock symbol) *

POM Wonderful POM Wonderful, LLC is a private company which sells an eponymous brand of pomegranate juices, pomegranate arils, and teas. It was founded in 2002 by the billionaire industrial agriculture couple Stewart and Lynda Rae Resnick. POM Wonderful is on ...

, a company and brand of pomegranate juice *

Jacksons International Airport Port Moresby International Airport , also known as Jacksons International Airport, is an international airport located outside Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. It is the largest and busiest airport in Papua New Guinea, with an estimated 1.4 ...

or Port Moresby Airport (IATA code) *

Presidio of Monterey, California The Presidio of Monterey (POM), located in Monterey, California, is an active United States Army, US Army installation with historic ties to the Spanish colonial era. Currently, it is the home of the Defense Language Institute, Defense Langua ...

, a US Army installation *

Working People's Party (Moldova) The Working People's Party (; POM) is a centre-left political party in Moldova. History The founding congress of the party was held on 23 April 1998, when the party's program and bylaws were adopted. The Working People's Party took part in t ...

(), a political party in Moldova

Science and technology

Pomeranian dog The Pomeranian (also known as a Pom, Pommy or Pome) is a dog breed, breed of dog of the Spitz type that is named for the Pomerania region in north-west Poland and north-east Germany in Central Europe. Classed as a toy dog breed because of its s ...

, a breed of dog *

Princeton Ocean Model The Princeton Ocean Model (POM) is a community general numerical model for ocean circulation that can be used to simulate and predict oceanic currents, temperatures, salinities and other water properties. POM-WEB and POMusers.org Developmen ...

, a model for ocean circulation * Prescription-only medicine, a medicine that requires a prescription *

Particulate organic matter Particulate organic matter (POM) is a fraction of total organic matter operationally defined as that which does not pass through a filter pore size that typically ranges in size from 0.053 millimeters (53 μm) to 2 millimeters. Particulate org ...

* Posterior nucleus, of the thalamus; see

Barrel cortex The barrel cortex is a region of the somatosensory cortex that is identifiable in some species of rodents and species of at least two other orders and contains the barrel field. The 'barrels' of the barrel field are regions within cortical lay ...

* Pom-pom, a type or model of machine gun

Chemistry

Pivaloyloxymethyl Pivaloyloxymethyl (POM, pivoxil, pivoxyl) is a protecting group used in organic synthesis. The POM radical (chemistry), radical has the formula (CH3)3C-CO-O-CH2. The POM group is also sometimes used to produce prodrugs. For example, the POM grou ...

, a functional group in organic chemistry *

Polyoxometalate In chemistry, a polyoxometalate (abbreviated POM) is a polyatomic ion, usually an anion, that consists of three or more transition metal oxyanions linked together by shared oxygen atoms to form closed 3-dimensional frameworks. The metal atoms are ...

, a type of inorganic compound used as catalysts *

Polyoxymethylene Polyoxymethylene (POM), also known as acetal, polyacetal, and polyformaldehyde, is an engineering thermoplastic used in precision parts requiring high stiffness, low friction, and excellent dimensional stability. Short-chained POM (chain length ...

, a common plastic polymer

Computing

Parallax occlusion mapping Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight and is measured by the angle or half-angle of inclination between those two lines. Due to foreshortening, nearby objec ...

, a computer graphics method to add 3D complexity to textures *

Pattern-oriented modeling Pattern-oriented modeling (POM) is an approach to bottom-up complex systems analysis that was developed to model complex ecological and agent-based systems. A goal of POM is to make ecological modeling more rigorous and comprehensive.Grimm, V.; Rai ...

, a technique to validate agent-based models *

Project Object Model Maven is a build automation tool used primarily for Java projects. Maven can also be used to build and manage projects written in C#, Ruby, Scala (programming language), Scala, and other languages. The Maven project is hosted by The Apache Softwa ...

, the central construct of the Apache Maven build management system * Probabilistic Ontology Model, a method for ontology learning used in

KAON In particle physics, a kaon, also called a K meson and denoted , is any of a group of four mesons distinguished by a quantum number called strangeness. In the quark model they are understood to be bound states of a strange quark (or antiquark ...

Other uses

Pom (dish) ''Pom'' is a Surinamese oven dish made using arrowleaf elephant ear root, locally called "''pomtajer''". History Within the Surinamese community, in both Suriname and the Netherlands, ''pom'' is the most popular and best-known festive dish. Wi ...

, a taro like root based oven dish native to Suriname *

Pom (slang) This glossary of names for the British include nicknames and terms, including affectionate ones, neutral ones, and derogatory ones to describe British people, Irish People and more specifically English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish peopl ...

, a slang term for a British person (see

Ten-pound Pom Ten Pound Poms were British citizens who migrated to Australia and New Zealand after the Second World War. The government of Australia initiated the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme in 1945, and the government of New Zealand initiated a simil ...

) *

Pom language Pom is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Miosnum Island in Cenderawasih Bay west of Serui Island, in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a countr ...

* ''

Production and Operations Management ''Production and Operations Management'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on all aspects of operations management, production management, management science, supply chain management, and manufacturing engineering. It i ...

'', a peer-reviewed academic journal *

Pom-pom A pom-pom – also spelled pom-pon, pompom or pompon – is a decorative ball or tuft of fibrous material. The term may refer to large tufts used by Cheerleading, cheerleaders, or a small, tighter ball attached to the top of a hat, a ...

or pom, a decorative ball *

Pom Klementieff Pom Alexandra Klementieff (; born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She is best known for playing Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) since 2017, and the assassin Paris in '' Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One'' (2023) and ...

(born 1986), French actress *

Patrouilleur Outre-mer The Patrouilleurs Outre-mer (POM), or ''Félix Éboué'' class, are a class of offshore patrol vessels of the French Navy. They are to be based at Nouméa, Tahiti and La Réunion, replacing the s all of which were withdrawn from service by 2023. ...