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stem Stem stém stêm
English
Pronunciation
stĕm, en /stɛm/
en en-us-stem.ogg US
en ɛm 1
en stem
Noun
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en physics en countable physics en scanning transmission electron microscope.
en education en uncountable education en science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
2012 March 22nd, David Blockley, Engineering: A Very Short Introduction (309), Oxford University Press, 9780199578696, chapter 1: “From idea to reality”, page 14:
Although these six classifications of the scope and responsibility and specific engineering expertise are interesting and useful, they come from within engineering itself and they don’t help us to disentangle STEM.
en 2018 Clarence Green; James Lambert Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists English for Specific Purposes 10.1016/j.esp.2018.08.004 10 Table 7 shows that in general, the STEM subjects share more phrases with each other, while the opposite is true for the humanities subjects.
en Athena Jones Efforts to close gender interest gap in STEM must be stepped up, Gen Z survey shows w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/us/stem-gender-interest-gap-reaj 2023-12-05 Despite wide efforts to encourage more girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM, a new survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation found Gen Z girls significantly lag behind boys in the level of interest expressed in STEM subjects, suggesting more must be done to close the gender gap. https://web.archive.org/web/20251201203156/https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/us/stem-gender-interest-gap-reaj 1 December 2025
Derived terms
en STEMinism STEMinist STEMlord
Related terms
en STEAM<gloss:science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics> STEMM<gloss:science, technology, engineering, mathematics, medicine>
Translations
acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics
Armenian: hy ԳՏՃՄ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 理工科
Finnish: fi luma
French: fr STIM f-p
German: de MINT
Indonesian: id STEM
Norwegian: no MNT
Spanish: es CTIM
Welsh: cy GTPM
References
Scanning transmission electron microscopy
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Anagrams
en emst EMTs Mets Smet TEMs mets
Indonesian
Pronunciation
stèm
id stem
Noun
id sains, teknologi, enjiniring, dan matematika science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics