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SGM

SGM noun: sergeant major. Also the initialism of spherical grating monochromator.

Noun

SGM (plural SGMs)

  1. (US) Sergeant major.
  2. Sexual and gender minority/minorities, i.e. non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgender person(s). (Also used attributively.)
    • Such realities are indeed problematic for SGM youth, whose age and sexual and gender differences render them ...2015, André P. Grace, Growing into Resilience: Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Canada, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 18
    • Importantly, SGM youth also demonstrate a great deal of resilience in the face of hostile environments, finding a sense of empowerment from their identities, seeking out or creating safe spaces such as GSAs or LGBTQ resource centers, ...2018, Barbara Schneider, Handbook of the Sociology of Education in the 21st Century, Springer, →ISBN, page 210
    Synonyms:
    GSM

Also used as

SGM is also the initialism of spherical grating monochromator.

Synonyms of SGM

Forms of SGM

pluralSGMs

Questions about SGM

What does SGM mean?
SGM means sergeant major.
What part of speech is SGM?
SGM is a noun.
What is the plural of SGM?
The plural of SGM is SGMs.

Words near SGM in the dictionary

  1. SGL
  2. SGLF
  3. sglods
  4. sgluon
  5. sgluons
  6. SGM
  7. SGML
  8. sgmrna
  9. sgmrnas
  10. SGMs
  11. SGO

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