REM

See also: rem, R.E.M., rém, and rëm

English

Etymology 1

From the initial letters of rapid eye movement.

Alternative forms

• R.E.M., R. E. M.
• (rare) rem

Noun

REM (countable and uncountable, plural REMs)

1. Initialism of rapid eye movement.

Derived terms

• REM sleep

Etymology 2

Clippings

• (remaining time): Clipping of remaining.
• (remark): Clipping of remark.

Alternative forms

• rem, rem.

Noun

REM (uncountable)

1. (music) Initialism of remaining time.

Noun

REM (plural REMs)

1. (computing) A remark (programming language statement used for documentation).
   • 2006 December 24, David Williams, “satellite program”, in comp.lang.basic.visual.misc‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I think it should be upgraded to Visual BASIC, but I'm no good at that. So maybe someone here would like to take a crack at it. There are only 40 lines of active code, plus a few REMs. About 100 BASIC commands altogether.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation

Alternative forms

• R.E.M., R. E. M.

Noun

REM (plural REMs)

1. (chemistry) Initialism of rare earth metal.
2. Abbreviation of reactive electrochemical membrane.
3. (underwater diving) Initialism of Reference Exit Marker.

Anagrams

• -mer, EMR, ERM, MER, MRE, erm, mer, mer-, π-mer