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4 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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: A'UMA {stream}-based, {concurrent}, {logic}, {object-oriented} language by K. Yoshida and Takashi Chikayama , 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)
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