mo
n
Informal
1 (Chiefly Brit) short for moment (sense 1) (esp. in the phrase half a mo)
2 (Chiefly Austral) short for →
moustache →
1
Mo
the chemical symbol for molybdenum
MO
abbrev. for
mo. pl , mos.
abbrev. for month
Mo.
abbrev. for Missouri
-mo
suffix forming nouns (in bookbinding) indicating book size by specifying the number of leaves formed by folding one sheet of paper
12mo, twelvemo, or duodecimo, 16mo or sixteenmo
(abstracted from duodecimo)
Mo-tzu
n a variant transliteration of →
Mo-Zi
Mo-Zi , Mo-tzu
n ?470--?391 b.c., Chinese religious philosopher; his teaching, expounded in the book Mo-Zi, emphasizes love, frugality, avoidance of aggressive war, and submission to Heaven
slo-mo
n
adj
Informal a variant spelling of slow-mo, see slow motion
slow-mo , slo-mo
n
adj
Informal short for →
slow motion