Definition of STM - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: short-term memory

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part of brain that holds recent information

TECH.

STM helps me remember the phone number I just heard.

short-term memory

acr: Scanning Tunneling Microscope

TECH.

device that shows surfaces of atoms using electric current

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The STM revealed the atomic structure of the sample.

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Examples of STM in a sentence

Researchers study STM to understand cognitive processes.
Scientists used an STM to study the surface.
The STM captured detailed images of atoms.

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French:MCT, STM, ...
German:KZG, STM, ...
Italian:Memoria a Breve Termine, STM, ...
Spanish:memoria a corto plazo, STM, ...
Portuguese:memória de curto prazo, MVT, ...
Chinese:短期记忆, 扫描隧道显微镜, ...
Japanese:STM, ...
Arabic:الذّاكرة قصِيرة المدَى, مِجْهَرُ المَسْحِ النَّفَقِيِّ, ...
Hebrew:זִכָּרוֹן לִטְוַח קָצָר, מִיקְרוֹסְקוֹפּ סוֹרֵק מִנָּהוֹר, ...
Russian:Кратковременная память, СТМ, ...
Ukrainian:короткочасна пам'ять, СТМ, ...
Hindi:अल्पकालिक स्मृति, स्कैनिंग टनलिंग माइक्रोस्कोप, ...
Bengali:স্বল্পকালীন স্মৃতি, এসটিএম, ...
Catalan:memòria a curt termini, microscopi de tunelatge de rastreig, ...
Czech:krátkodobá paměť, RTM, ...
Danish:Korttidshukommelse, STM, ...
Dutch:KTG, ...
Greek:Βραχυπρόθεσμη Μνήμη, Μικροσκόπιο Σάρωσης Σήραγγας, ...
Hungarian:rövid távú memória, pásztázó alagútmikroszkóp, ...
Khmer:ការចងចាំរយៈពេលខ្លី, មីក្រូទស្សន៍ស្កេនតាមរយៈចរន្តរូងភ្នំ, ...
Korean:단기 기억, 주사 터널 현미경, ...
Persian:حافظه کوتاه‌مدت, میکروسکوپ تونلی روبشی, ...
Polish:STM, ...
Portuguese (BR):MCP, STM, ...
Romanian:memorie de scurtă durată, STM, ...
Swedish:STM, scannande tunnelmikroskop, ...
Thai:ความจำระยะสั้น, กล้องจุลทรรศน์สแกนแบบอุโมงค์, ...
Turkish:kısa süreli bellek, STM, ...
Vietnamese:Bộ nhớ ngắn hạn, Kính hiển vi quét hầm điện tử, ...

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