5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Om \Om\, interj. & n. [Also {Aum}, {Um}.] [Skr. [=o]m.]
A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhists
in religious rites, -- orig. among the Hindus an exclamation
of assent, like Amen, then an invocation, and later a symbol
of the trinity formed by Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma.
{Om mani padme hun}, a sacred formula of buddhism (esp. of
the Lamaists) translated ``O, the Jewel in the Lotus,
Amen,'' and referring to Amitabha, who is commonly
represented as standing or sitting within a lotus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aam \Aam\ ([add]m or [aum]m), n. [D. aam, fr. LL. ama; cf. L.
hama a water bucket, Gr. ?]
A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different
cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp
361/2, at Hamburg 383/4. [Written also {Aum} and {Awm}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aum \Aum\, n.
Same as {Aam}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Aum
n : a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan
and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987
that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity; "in
1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo
subway train" [syn: {Aum Shinrikyo}, {Supreme Truth}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
A'UM
<language> A {stream}-based, {concurrent}, {logic},
{object-oriented} language by K. Yoshida and Takashi Chikayama
<chikayama@klic.org>, built on top of {KL1}.
["A'UM - A Stream-based Concurrent Logic Object-Oriented
Language", K. Yoshida et al, Proc 3rd Intl Conf Fifth Gen
Comp Sys, Springer 1988, pp. 638-649].
(2000-07-16)