M

M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions)

M/C (Mechanical Completion)

M1

M2

M2M (Machine to Machine)

MAC (Main Automation Contractor)

Mach Number (M or Ma)

Machine

Machine Learning

Machinery

Macro

Macro Policy (or Macroeconomic Policy)

Macrocell/ Macrocell Corrosion

Macromolecule

Macroprudential Analysis

Madelung Rule 

Magma

Magnesium (Mg)

Magnet

Magnetic

Magnetic Ballast

Magnetic Drive Pump

Magnetic Field Strength

Magnetic Flux

Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL)

Magnetic Potential Energy

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)

Magnification

Magnification

Magnitude

Main Contractor

Main Processing Unit (MPU)

Maintainability

Maintenance

Maintenance Agency

Maintenance Cost

Maintenance Free Battery

Maintenance Readiness

Maintenance Scope

Major

Major Accident

Major Accident Hazard Site

Major Incident

Make up

Make up Accounting (or Cosmetic Accounting or Accounting Scandal)

Make Up Air

Mal Operation

Mala Fides

Malaria

Maleic Resin

Malformation

Malfunction

Malignant

Mall

Malleable Cast Iron

Malleable 

Mal-Operation

Malware (or Malicious Software)

Man Hour

Man Machine Interface (MMI)

Man Machine System

Manage

Management

Management Commitment

Management information System (MIS)

Management Level Schedule

Management of Change (MOC)

Management Reserve (MR)

Management System

Managerial Accounting

Managing Contractor

Mandatory Contribution

Manganese (Mn)

Mangrove

Manifest

Manifold

Manipulate

Manipulation

Manipulator

Manning Plan

Manometer

Manual

Manual Emergency Switch

Manual J (Heating and Cooling Load Calculations)

Manufacture

Manufactured Gas

Manufacturer

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL)

Manuscript

Map

Margin

Marginal Cost

Marine

Marine Cargo Insurance

Marine Pollution

Marine Surveyor

Marital Status

Maritime

Market

Market Failure

Market Index

Market Power

Market Price

Market Price Equivalent

Market Risk

Market Share

Market Tightness

Market Valuation

Market Value

Marketable Securities

Marketing

Marketing Innovation

Markit PMI (Purchasing Manager’s Index)

Marriage

Mars

Marsh

Marshalling Yard

Martensite

Martensitic Steel

Masonry

Mass

Mass Balance

Mass Density

Mass Flow Diagram (MFD)

Mass Fraction

Mass Number (A)

Mass Percentage 

Mass Spectrometer

Mass Spectroscopy 

Master

Master Mark up Drawing

Master Schedule (Level 1 Schedule)

Master Valve

Mastic

Matched Products Method

Material

Material and Energy Balance

Material Breach

Material Certificate

Material Choke

Material Code

Material Deprivation

Material Flow Analysis (MFA)

Material Handling Cost

Material Identification

Material Management

Material Related Cost (MRC)

Material Strength

Materiality

Maternity Leave

Mathematical Constant

Mathematics

Matrix

Matrix Consistency

Matrix Organisation (or Hybrid Organisation)

Matter

Matthew Effect

Maturity

Maximum

Maximum Allowable Concentration (MAC)

Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP)

Maximum Allowable Working Pressure (MAWP)

Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)

Maximum Explosion Pressure, Pmax

Maximum Individual Risk

Maximum Permissible Concentration (MPC)

Maximum Potential Quantity

Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT)

Maxwell-Faraday Equation

Maxwell's Equation

May Day

Mayday

MCC (Motor Control Centre) and iMCC (Intelligent or Integrated MCC)

MCC Schedule

MDI (Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate)

Mean

Mean Deviation

Mean Power Output (of a Wind Turbine)

Mean Range

Mean Sea Level (MSL)

Mean Square

Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)

Mean Time To Failure (MTTF)

Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)

Mean Wind Speed

Means

Means Tested Benefit

Measles

Measure

Measurement

Measuring Equipment (or Tool)

MEC (Main Electrical Contractor)

Mechanical

Mechanical Completion Certificate (MCC)

Mechanical Datasheet (Data Sheet)

Mechanical Energy

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Integrity

Mechanical Integrity Program

Mechanical Isolation

Mechanical Schematic Diagram

Mechanical Seal

Mechanical Turbulence

Mechanism

Medevac

Media

Median

Mediation

Medical Abortion

Medical Treatment Case (MTC)

Medicinal Chemistry

Medicine

Medium

Medium-Density Fibreboard (MDF)

Meeting

Meitnerium (Mt)

Melamine Resin 

Melanin

Melatonin

Melt

Meltdown

Melting Point

Member

Membership

Membership Economy

Membrane

Membrane Filtration

Membrane Valve

Meme Stock

Memorandum of Intent (MOI)

Memory

Memory Gauge

Mendelevium Md (formerly Mv)

Meniscus 

Mensa

Mental

Mercaptan

Merchandise

Merchandise Trade

Merchant

Merchant Oxygenate Plants

Merchant’s Haulage

Mercosur

Mercury

Mercury (Hg)

Merger

MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)

Mesh

Mesoscale Manufacturing

Met

Meta Analysis

Metabolic Equivalent (MET)

Metabolism

Metadata

Metabolite

Metal

Metal Dusting

Metal to Metal Seal

Metallic Bond

Metallic Compound

Metallizing

Metalloid

Metallurgy

Metamodel

Metamorphose

Meter 

Metering Pump

Methanal

Methane (CH4)

Methane Hydrate

Methanol (CH3OH, MeOH)

Method

Method Validation

Methodology

Methyl

Methyl Orange

Methylation

Metre (Meter, m)

Metric System

Metric System Prefix

Metric Ton

Metrology

MEV (MeV)

Mezzanine

Mica

Micro

Microaggregation

Microbicide

Microcalorimetry

Microcephaly

Microclimate

Microdosing

Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS)

Microfiltration (MF) Membrane

Microlitre

Micrometre or Micron (µm)

Microorganism (Micro-organism or Microbe)

Microprocessor

Micropropogation

Microscope

Microstructure

Microwave Nondestructive Testing (MNDT)

Middle Distillate

Middle Distillate Synthesis (MDS)

Midstream Business

Migraine

Migrant

Mildew

Mildew Resistance 

Mildewstat

Mile

Milestone

Milky Way

Mill

Mill Certificate

Milligrams per Liter (mg/l)

Milling

Million gallons per day (Mgd)

Millscale

Minas Oil

Mind

Mineral

Mineral Acid (or Inorganic Acid)

Mineral Carbonation

Mineral Exploration

Minimal Cut Set

Minimal Unique

Minimisation of Natural Hazard

Minimise

Minimum Bid Rate

Mining

Ministerial Commentary

Minor

Minor Incident

Minority Carrier

Mirror Statistics

Miscellaneous Current Tax

Miscible 

Mishap

Misinformation

Missile

Mission

Mist

Mistake

Mistcoat

Mitigate

Mitigation

Mitigation Factor

Mitigation Safeguard

Mitigation System

Mixed Credit

Mixed Feed Cracker (MFC)

Mixed Potential

Mixing Valve

Mixture

MKS Unit

MM

MMAS (Material Management and Accounting System)

MMbbl (Million Barrels)

MMI (Man Machine Interface)

Mobile Fire Fighting Equipment Schedule

Mobile Housing Unit

Mobilisation (Mobilization)

Mobilise (Mobilize)

Mobility

Mode

Model

Model Based Imputation

Modelling

Modem (Modulator-Demodulator)

Moderate

Moderator

Modification

Modify

Modular

Modular Construction

Modular Design

Modularisation (Modularization)

Modularity

Module

Module Derate Factor

Module Design and Engineering

Module Envelope Drawing

Module Yard

Modulus of Elasticity

Modus

Modus Operandi

Mohs Scale 

Moiety 

Moisture

Moisture Content

Moisture Control

Molality

Molar

Molar Enthalpy of Vaporisation

Molar Mass (M)

Molar Volume (Vm)

Molarity

Mole

Mole (mol)

Mole Fraction

Mole Ratio

Molecular Equation 

Molecular Formula 

Molecular Geometry 

Molecular Mass 

Molecular Orbital 

Molecular Weight

Molecule

Molten

Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC)

Molybdenum (Mo)

MOM (Minutes of Meeting)

Moment

Momentum

Momentum Flux

Momentum Force

Monarch

Monarchy

Monatomic Ion

Monazite

Monetary

Monetary Aggregate

Monetary Operation

Monetary System

Money

Money Laundering

Money Market

Money Supply

Monitor

Monochromatic

Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cell (mono-Si)

Monoculture

Monolithic

Monomer

Monopole

Monopolisation

Monopolise (Monopolize)

Monopoly

Monoprotic Acid 

Monopsony

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo Analysis

Monte Carlo Method for Autocorrection

Monte Carlo Risk Analysis

Monte Carlo Simulation

Monte Carlo Technique (Monte Carlo Analysis or Monte Carlo Method)

Monument

Moped

Moral

Moral Hazard

Moratorium Interest

Moratorium Period

Morphine

Morphological Approach

Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS)

Mortality

Mortality Index

Moscovium (Mc)

Mother Liquor 

Motion

Motivate

Motivation

Motor

Motor Datasheet

Motor Protection Setting

Motor Schematic

Motor Type

Mottling 

MOU (Memorandum of Understanding)

Mould (or Mold)

Mousehole

MOV

MOV Control Schematic

Movable Insulation

Move

Movement

Movistor

MR (Material Requisition)

MSD (Material Selection Diagram)

MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)

MT (Magnetic Particle Testing)

MTBE (Methyl tertiary butyl ether)

MTI (Medical Treatment Injuries)

MTO (Material Take-Off)

MTO (Material Take-Off) Allowance

Mud

Mud-cracking

Multi Stage Pump

Multi Zone System

Multicrystalline

Multijunction Device

Multilateral Exchange

Multimedia

Multimodal Interface

Multiple Bond

Multiple Decision Problem

Multiplier Contract

Multistage Controller

Municipal

Municipal Bond

Municipal Note

Municipal Waste

Municipal Waste to Energy Project (or Plant)

Muriatic Acid

Mustard Gas (or Sulphur Mustard (Cl-CH2CH2)2S))

Mutagen

Mutation

Mute

Mutual

Mutual Fund

MX

Mxene

Myopia