| M |
celestial body; meridian (upper branch); magnetic (direction); meridional parts; nautical mile, miles; other ship. |
| m |
meridian (lower branch); meridional difference; meter,(s); U.S. survey mile, miles; end of other ship’s true vector; minutes. |
| M&A |
Mergers & Acquisitions |
| m3/ha/year |
cubic meter per hectare per year |
| mag. |
magnetic; magnitude. |
| MARAD |
United States Maritime Administration. |
| MB |
magnetic bearing. |
| mb |
millibar(s). |
| MC |
magnetic course. |
| mc |
megacycle, megacycles; megacycles per second. |
| MC&G |
mapping, charting and geodesy. |
| MCPA |
minutes to closest point of approach. |
| MDR |
Major District Road |
| MEA |
Ministry of External Affairs |
| Mer. Pass. |
meridian passage. |
| MF |
medium frequency. |
| MFA |
material flow accounting |
| MGRS |
military grid reference system. |
| MH |
magnetic heading. |
| MHA |
Ministry of Home Affairs; Million Hectares |
| MHHW |
mean higher high water. |
| MHHWL |
mean higher high water line. |
| MHW |
mean high water. |
| MHWI |
mean high water lunitidal interval. |
| MHWL |
mean high water line. |
| MHWN |
neap high water or high water neaps. |
| MHWS |
mean high water springs. |
| MHz |
megahertz. |
| mi. |
mile, miles. |
| MICE |
Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions |
| mid |
middle. |
| MIG |
Minor Irrigation (Groundwater) |
| min. |
minute(s). |
| MINARS |
Monitoring of Indian National Aquatic Resources |
| MIWOFA |
Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act |
| MLD |
Million Litres a Day |
| MLLW |
mean lower low water. |
| MLLWL |
mean lower low water line. |
| MLS |
minimum landing size (fishing) |
| MLW |
mean low water. |
| MLWI |
mean low water lunitidal interval. |
| MLWL |
mean low water line. |
| MLWN |
neap low water or low water neaps. |
| MLWS |
mean low water springs. |
| mm |
millimeters. |
| MMI |
Major and Medium Irrigation |
| MMRDA |
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority |
| MMRDC |
Mumbai Metro Region Development Corporation |
| MMTC |
Minerals & Metal Trading Corporation |
| Mn |
mean range of tide. |
| MNC |
Multi National Company |
| MNCs |
Multi National Corporations |
| MNP |
Minimum Needs Programme |
| mo(s) |
month(s). |
| Mo.(U) |
Morse Uniform (light). |
| MoA |
Ministry of Agriculture |
| MODU |
mobile offshore drilling unit. |
| MoEF |
Ministry of Environment and Forests (India) |
| mol/l |
micromoles per litre |
| Mon |
monument. |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MOWR |
Ministry of Water Resources (India) |
| MPBCDCL |
Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation Limited |
| MPCE |
Monthly Per Capita Expenditure Class |
| mph |
miles per hour. |
| MPI |
Message Passing Interface |
| MPP |
most probable position. |
| MRI |
mean rise interval. |
| MRM |
miles of relative movement. |
| MRPL |
Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited |
| MRSI |
Material Research Society of India |
| MRTP |
Monopolies & Restrictive Trade Practices |
| ms |
millisecond(s). |
| MSC |
Military Sealift Command. |
| MSC-E |
Meteorological Synthesising Centre – East |
| MSC-W |
Meteorological Synthesising Centre – West |
| MSI |
maritime safety information. |
| MSL |
mean sea level. |
| MSTC |
Metals & Scrap Trading Corporation |
| mSv |
millisievert |
| Mt |
Million Tonnes |
| MTFF |
Medium Term Fiscal Framework |
| MTI |
moving target indication. |
| MTL |
mean tide level. |
| MTNL |
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd |
| MU |
Million Units |
| MVA |
Mega Volt Ampere |
| MW |
Mega Watt |
| MWL |
mean water level. |
| MWLL |
mean water level line. |
| MWOFRC |
Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Resource Centre |
| MZn |
magnetic azimuth. |
