SM or sm may refer to:

Business and economics

Service mark symbol The service mark symbol (the letters in small caps, small capitals and subscript and superscript, superscript style), is a symbol used in the United States and some other jurisdictions to provide notice that the preceding mark is a service ...

() * Spesmilo ₷, a former international currency *

Senior management Senior management, executive management, or upper management is an occupation at the highest level of management of an organization, performed by individuals who have the day-to-day tasks of managing the organization, sometimes a company or a cor ...

Organizations

SM Entertainment SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean multinational entertainment agency established in 1995 by Lee Soo-man. It is one of South Korea's largest entertainment companies and has been responsible for fostering and popularizing the car ...

, South Korean music label *

SM Prime SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SMPH) is a Filipino integrated property developer and a public subsidiary of SM Investments Corporation. It was incorporated on January 6, 1994, to develop, conduct, operate, and maintain the SM commercial shopping ce ...

, a Philippine retail operator *

SM Supermalls SM Supermalls, or simply SM, is a chain of shopping malls owned by the Philippines-based SM Prime. , it has a total of 96 malls (88 in the Philippines and 8 in China). It also has 9 malls under construction (7 in the Philippines and 2 in China ...

, Philippine chain of shopping malls * ''

SM-liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mest ...

'', top Finnish men's ice hockey league * ''

SM-sarja SM-Sarja was the top level of ice hockey in Finland from 1928 to 1975. SM-sarja is a common abbreviation for ''Suomen mestaruussarja'', "Finnish Championship Series". There was variable number of teams playing for the Finnish championship dur ...

'', Finnish former top men's ice hockey league * ''

Syndicat de la Magistrature The (SM; English: Union of the Magistracy) is France's second largest magistrates' trade union in terms of membership after the more conservative Union syndicale des magistrats (USM). It was founded on 8 June 1968 in the direct aftermath of the Ma ...

'', a French union

Places

SM postcode area The SM postcode area, also known as the Sutton & Morden postcode area, is a group of seven postcode districts in England, within five post towns. These cover part of south-west London, as well as a small part of north-east Surrey. The main sort ...

, Greater London, England *

San Marino San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microsta ...

, ISO country code *

Satu Mare Satu Mare (; ; ; or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania ...

, Romania, vehicle registration

Science

Biology and medicine

* "Sm.", author abbreviation for "Smith", see List of taxonomic authorities named Smith *

S.M. (patient) S.M., sometimes referred to as SM-046, is an American woman with a peculiar type of brain damage that physiologically reduces her ability to feel fear. First described by scientists in 1994, she has had exclusive and complete bilateral amygdala des ...

, a patient with brain damage *

James Edward Smith (botanist) Sir James Edward Smith (2 December 1759 – 17 March 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society. Early life and education Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He started studying bota ...

(1759–1828), botanist cited as "Sm."

Computing

* .sm, San Marino top-level Internet domain *

SM EVM SM EVM (СМ ЭВМ, abbreviation of Система Малых ЭВМ—literally System of Mini Computers) are several types of Soviet and Comecon minicomputers produced from 1975 through the 1980s. Most types of SM EVM are clones of DEC PDP-11 ...

, Soviet computers, e.g. SM-4 * Streaming Multiprocessor

Physics and chemistry

Samarium Samarium is a chemical element; it has symbol Sm and atomic number 62. It is a moderately hard silvery metal that slowly oxidizes in air. Being a typical member of the lanthanide series, samarium usually has the oxidation state +3. Compounds of s ...

, symbol Sm, a chemical element

Other sciences

Magellanic spiral A Magellanic spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with only one spiral arm. Magellanic spiral galaxies are classified as the type Sm (with sub-categories SAm, SBm, SABm); the prototype galaxy and namesake for Magellanic spirals is the Large Magell ...

, a galaxy class *

Selective mutism Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder in which a person who is otherwise capable of speech becomes unable to speak when exposed to specific situations, specific places, or to specific people, one or multiple of which serve as triggers. Se ...

, an anxiety disorder

Titles, ranks, and awards

Military

* Sacrifice Medal, Canada *

Sena Medal The Sena Medal () is awarded to members of the Indian army, of all ranks, "for such individual acts of exceptional devotion to duty or courage as have special significance for the Army." Awards may be made posthumously and a bar is authorized for ...

, India *

Service member Military personnel or military service members are members of the state's armed forces. Their roles, pay, and obligations differ according to their military branch (army, navy, marines, coast guard, air force, and space force), rank ( office ...

, a member of a branch of the military *

Southern Cross Medal (1952) The Southern Cross Medal of 1952, post-nominal letters SM, is a South African military decoration which was instituted by the Union of South Africa in 1952. It was awarded for outstanding devotion to duty and was originally available to all rank ...

, South Africa *

Southern Cross Medal (1975) The Southern Cross Medal of 1975, post-nominal letters SM, is a South African military decorations, military decoration which was instituted by the South Africa, Republic of South Africa on 1 July 1975. It was awarded to officers of the South A ...

, South Africa

Other titles, ranks, and awards

Medal of Service of the Order of Canada The Medal of Service of the Order of Canada was a decoration, within the Canadian system of honours, created at the same time as the Companion level of the Order of Canada and the Medal of Courage of the Order of Canada. The federal cabinet refus ...

, post-nominal letters *

Scientiæ Magister A Master of Science (; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree. In contrast to the Master of Arts degree, the Master of Science degree is typically granted for studies in sciences, engineering and medicin ...

or Master of Science *

Studio manager Studio manager, studio director, or studio head is a job title in various media-related professions, including design, advertising, and broadcasting. Design and advertising A design or advertising studio manager's responsibilities will typically ...

, in media professions *

Suomen mestaruus In Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland ...

(Finnish Champion), sports award *

Swedish Championship (disambiguation) Swedish Championship may refer to: * Swedish Championships in Alpine skiing *Athletics ** Swedish Athletics Championships ** Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships * Swedish National Badminton Championships * List of Swedish bandy champions * Swedi ...

(Swedish Champion), sports award

Transportation and other moving vehicles

Citroën SM The Citroën SM is a high-performance coupé produced by the French manufacturer Citroën from 1970 to 1975. The SM placed third in the 1971 European Car of the Year contest, trailing its stablemate Citroën GS, and won the 1972 Motor Trend Car ...

, a high-performance hatchback coupé * Prefix of some

Savoia-Marchetti SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' – Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As sugge ...

aircraft, e.g. SM.83 *

Shanghai Metro The Shanghai Metro (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Di6thiq7'') is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 List of township-level divisions of Shanghai, municipal districts and to the neighb ...

* SM (motorcycle), defunct Polish motorcycle manufacturer * ''SM''-class minesweeper, a ship class of the Finnish Navy * Sm gauge, in rail transport modelling, a track gauge *

Spec Miata Spec Miata is a class of racing car used in Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), National Auto Sport Association (NASA), Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs (MCSCC) road racing, and other club events. The Spec Miata (SM) class is intended to ...

, a class of racing car * Spirit of Manila Airlines, IATA airline code * St. Mary's Railroad, reporting mark *

Standard Missile Standard Missile refers to a family of American-made shipborne guided missiles: * RIM-66 Standard (SM-1MR/SM-2MR), a medium-range surface-to-air missile, the successor of the RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missile, currently in use by the U.S. Navy a ...

, a family of US missiles, e.g. SM-3 * Swedline Express, former IATA airline code. * A US Navy hull classification symbol: Submarine minelayer (SM) * Saviem SM, a range of medium-duty trucks

Other uses

Sadomasochism Sadism () and masochism (), known collectively as sadomasochism ( ) or S&M, is the derivation of pleasure from acts of respectively inflicting or receiving pain or humiliation. The term is named after the Marquis de Sade, a French author known ...

(SM, S/M or S&M) *

Samoan language Samoan ( or , ) is a Polynesian languages, Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands. Administratively, the islands are split between the sovereign country of Samoa and the Unincorporated territories of the United States, Unit ...

(ISO 639-1 code ''sm'') *

Social media Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the Content creation, creation, information exchange, sharing and news aggregator, aggregation of Content (media), content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongs ...

Stephen Malkmus Stephen Joseph Malkmus ( ; born May 30, 1966) is an American musician best known as the primary songwriter, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. He currently performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Pavement, The ...

(born 1966), singer of Pavement *

Super Mario (also known as and is a platform game series created by Nintendo starring their mascot, Mario. It is the central series of the greater Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise. At least one ''Super Mario'' game has been released for every ma ...

, video game series *

Supplementary Member In political science, parallel voting or superposition refers to the use of two or more electoral systems to elect different members of a legislature. More precisely, an electoral system is a superposition if it is a mixture of at least two tie ...

in a democratic voting system *

Society of Mary (Marianists) The Society of Mary (, abbreviated S.M.) is a clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men ( brothers and priests) commonly known as the Marianists or Marianist Brothers and Priests. Members append the post-nominal letters "S.M ...

, Roman Catholic congregation * SM radar, US WWII radar * Scrum master, or SM * SM, an abbreviation for Samsung Mobile