Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the effect on the body of being in a high altitude environment. AMS is common at high altitudes, that is above 8,000 feet (2,440 meters). Three-quarters of people have mild symptoms of AMS over 10,000 feet (3,048 meters). The occurrence of AMS depends on the altitude, the rate of ascent, and individual susceptibilit [..]

An altered expression of measles, AMS begins suddenly with high fever, headache, cough, and abdominal pain. The rash may appear 1 to 2 days later, often beginning on the limbs. Swelling (edema) of the hands and feet may occur. Pneumonia is common and may persist for 3 months or more. AMS occurs in persons who were incompletely immunized against mea [..]

Aggregate measure of support.

1. Air Mass - a body of air covering a relatively wide area and exhibiting horizontally uniform properties. 2. American Meteorological Society

See Aggregate Measure of Support.

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry is an absolute dating technique that measures the amount of carbon-14 in an organic object and provides a rough indication of its age.

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Aboriginal Medical Service

Applications Management Services

Ag Management Solutions

Aviation Management System

Aviation Structural Mechanic

The U.S. Customs' "Automated Manifest System."

Access & Management Suite, the former name of 360 Core.

"Agricultural Marketing Service, Automated Manifest System"

AMS SECURITY FEE (USA) Automated Manifest System (AMS) is a regulation that affects all ships bringing cargo into US ports. Comprised air/sea/rail modes. It is a electronic transmission system to US C [..]

Applications Maintenance and Support

Academic Management System, see also Academic Management System

American Manifest Document

Aeronautical Mobile Service 

Aerial Measuring System

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Applied Music Secondary

Automatic Music Search. A feature that allows a CD or cassette mechanism to skip forward or backwards to another track.

Audio MIDI Setup. A utility program that comes with the Mac OS X operating system to set up the audio input/output (IO) configurations of the computer and to manage MIDI devices.

Automated Manifest System-a system whereby carriers can submit cargo manifests for inbound shipments to U.S. Customs electronically. When a carrier is an approved AMS carrier they do not submit paper manifests to Customs

An abbreviation for Automated Manifest System.

see Air Mass

see American Meteorological Society

<messaging> A multimedia interface to electronic mail and bulletin boards, developed as part of the Andrew Project. Acronym: AMS (01 Mar 1994)

Aero Medical Services

1. Air Mass - a body of air covering a relatively wide area and exhibiting horizontally uniform properties. 2. American Meteorological Society

Aerospace Material Specification.

Advanced Metering System

Asset Management System. Part of the back office data processing system (HOPS). The Asset Management System is responsible for the data modules within individual ticketing machines or Barriers (ISAMs)

a radiocarbon

The U.S. Customs´ "Automated Manifest System."

American Meteorology Society

1. Air Mass - a body of air covering a relatively wide area and exhibiting horizontally uniform properties. 2. American Meteorological Society

AMS or Ams may refer to:

AMS (Advanced Music Systems) were a manufacturer of professional studio equipment. The company later merged with Neve Electronics to form AMS Neve.