Aum

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 381/4. [Written also {Aum} and {Awm}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aum \Aum\, n.
     Same as {Aam}.
     [1913 Webster]

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
       
           A {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)