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PMT

PMT is the initialism of premenstrual tension.

PMT is the abbreviation of photomultiplier tube.

Meaning of premenstrual tension

Noun

premenstrual tension (uncountable)

  1. (UK) Synonym of premenstrual syndrome: the physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation.
    • There may be an actual distaste for sexual relations for a week or so prior to the period, perhaps as part of a picture of general irritability and vague feelings of discomfort of which some women complain; the name "premenstrual tension" has been applied to this.1950, Louis Portnoy, Jules Saltman, Fertility in Marriage: A Guide for the Childless

Meaning of photomultiplier tube

Noun

photomultiplier tube (plural photomultiplier tubes)

  1. A type of vacuum tube that detects electromagnetic radiation in the range from ultraviolet to infrared, including the visible spectrum, and them amplifies the detection induced current into an output signal
    Synonyms:
    PMT

Synonyms of PMT

Forms of PMT

pluralPMTs

Questions about PMT

What is PMT the initialism of?
PMT is the initialism of premenstrual tension.

Words near PMT in the dictionary

  1. PMSing
  2. PMSIs
  3. PMSL
  4. PMSM
  5. PMSs
  6. PMT
  7. PMTCT
  8. PMTs
  9. PMU
  10. PMV
  11. PMVs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: PMT (page history and authors); premenstrual tension (page history and authors); photomultiplier tube (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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