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OMM
OMM may mean: Officer of the Order of Military Merit (Canadian decoration post-nominal letters)Organisation météorologique mondiale, French for World Meteorological OrganizationOsteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Manual medicine - including soft tissue and joint manipulation - as applied by osteopa..

Ommadawn
Ommadawn is a record album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It is his third album. The cover photograph was by David Bailey. As with Hergest Ridge and Tubular Bells, Ommadawn is another two-movement work. Here Oldfield sought out the ancient Celtic influence on English music and comp..

Ommastrephidae
Species Subfamily Illicinae*Genus Illex**Argentine Shortfin Squid, Illex argentinus**Southern Shortfin Squid, Illex coindetii**Northern Shortfin Squid, Illex illecebrosus**Sharptail Shortfin Squid, Illex oxygoniusSubfamily Ommastrephinae*Genus Dosidicus**Humboldt Squid (aka Jumbo Flying Squid or ..

Ommatidium
The compound eye of insects is composed of hundreds of unit eyes called ommatidia. An ommatidium contains a cluster of photoreceptor cells surrounded by support cells and pigment cells. The outer part of the ommatidium is overlayed with a transparent cornea. Ommatidia of Antarctic krill eye -..

Ommelanden
The ommelanden (In English: surrounding lands) are the parts of the province Groningen, that surround the city Groningen. Usually mentioned as synonym for the province in the expression Stad en Ommeland (city and ommeland) The erea was frisian-speaking but under the influence of the Saxon city of Gr..

Ommen
[Ommen] is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. Population centres Archem, Arrïen, Arrïerveld, Beerze, Beerzerveld, Besthmen, Eerde, Giethmen, Junne, Lemele, Ommerschans, Stegeren, Stegerveld, Varsen, Vilsteren, Vinkenbuurt, Witharen and Zeesse. The city of Ommen O..

Ommeren
The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Ommeren in the municipality of Buren. Ommeren ([51°57′N 5°30′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Buren, and lies about 9 km northeast of Tiel. In 2001,..

Ommerenveld
Ommerenveld in the municipality of Buren. Ommerenveld ([51°56′N 5°29′E]) is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Buren, and lies about 6 km northeast of Tiel. The statistical area "Ommerenveld", which also can include the surroundi..

Ommerschans
The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Ommerschans in the municipality of Ommen. Ommerschans ([52°35′N 6°24′E]) is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 16 km south of Hoogeveen. T..

Ommin
King Ommin of Onderon was the King of Onderon, a remote Outer Rim planet in the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe up until the end of the Beast Wars. He was a direct descendant of Freedon Nadd, and like all the Kings before him, practiced his ancestor's Sith magic. In his later years, his body w..

Ommochrome
Ommochrome (or visual pigment) refers to several biological pigments that occur in the eyes of crustaceans and insects. Ommochromes are also found in the chromatophores of cephalopods. The eye color is determined by the ommochromes. Ommochromes are metabolites of tryptophane. ..

Om mani padme hum
The mantra in Tibetan script. "Om Mani Padme Hum", written in Tibetan script (vari-colored letters on left; red letters at right are a different mantra), on a rock outside the Potala Palace in Tibet. "Om mani padme hum" (Sanskrit ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ, oṃ maṇi padme..

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