MRS

n. A casual way to talk about your wife or long-term female partner.

n. A colloquial or slang term referring to one's wife, girlfriend, or female romantic partner.

“I need to check with the mrs before I agree to go out tonight.”

“He joked that he had to consult the mrs before making any major financial decisions regarding their shared savings.”

Informal · Slang

n. Stands for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. A special medical test that looks at chemicals in the body.

n. Abbreviation for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. A non-invasive analytical technique used to study metabolic changes in body tissues.

“The doctor ordered an MRS to get more detail about the brain tumor.”

“Advanced MRS techniques allowed the researchers to quantify metabolite concentrations within the localized region of the patient's frontal lobe.”

Technical

n. Stands for Marginal Rate of Substitution. A term in economics about how much of one thing a person will trade for another.

n. Abbreviation for Marginal Rate of Substitution. The rate at which a consumer is willing to give up one good in exchange for another while maintaining the same level of utility.

“In our economics class, we calculated the MRS for coffee and tea.”

“The indifference curve's slope represents the MRS, illustrating the trade-offs a consumer makes between two competing commodities.”

Academic · Technical