Definition of "STM"

STM

noun
countable and uncountable, plural STMs
1. (microscopy) Initialism of scanning tunneling microscope.
2. (train control) Initialism of specific transmission module.
3. (publishing industry) Initialism of scientific, technical, and medicine.
4. (physical therapy) Initialism of soft tissue mobilization.
5. (cognitive science) Initialism of short-term memory.
  Quotations
  The distinction between STM and LTM should not be taken for granted. Due to the strong interactions between these distinct processes, they can be confused or lumped together.
  2021, Stephen Grossberg, Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind, Oxford University Press, page 62