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M
- macro
- magnetic bearing
- magnetic declination
- magnetic north
- magnetometer
- Magnifier window
- maintenance license
- maintenance renewal
- major axis
- majority resampling
- make permanent
- managed raster catalog
- many-to-many relationship
- many-to-one relationship
- map
- map algebra
- map annotation
- map cache
- map display
- map document
- map element
- map extent
- map generalization
- map library
- map reading
- map series
- map service
- map sheet
- map surround
- map template
- map topology
- map unit
- MapServer
- MapTip
- marker symbol
- market area
- market penetration analysis
- marshalling
- mashup
- mask
- mass point
- master checkout version
- master geodatabase
- master site
- match score
- matching
- mathematical expression
- mathematical function
- mathematical model
- matrix
- MAUP
- max extent
- mean
- mean center
- mean sea level
- mean stationarity
- measure location fields
- measurement
- measurement error
- measurement residual
- median
- median center
- medium-format printer
- members
- memory cache
- memory leak
- mental map
- menu
- menu item
- mereing
- merge policy
- merging
- meridian
- metabase
- metadata
- metadata element
- Metadata Explorer
- metadata profile
- metadata server
- metadata service
- metes and bounds
- method
- metropolitan statistical area
- microdensitometer
- micrometer
- micron
- micropolitan statistical area
- MIDP
- Military Analyst extension
- MIL-STD-2525B Change 1
- mimetic symbol
- min/max scale
- minimum bounding rectangle
- minimum candidate score
- minimum map unit
- minimum match score
- minor axis
- minute
- mixed list
- mixed pixel
- model
- model parameter
- ModelBuilder
- modifier
- MODIS
- MOLE™
- monochromatic
- Monte Carlo method
- morphology
- mosaic
- mosaic dataset
- mouse mode
- MPS
- MSDN
- MTA
- multichannel receiver
- multidimensional data
- multimodal network
- multipart feature
- multipatch
- multipatch feature
- multipath error
- multiple regression
- Multiple Setup page
- multiplexing channel receiver
- multipoint
- multipoint feature
- multipoint feature class
- multispectral
- multispectral image
- multispectral scanner
- multiuser geodatabase
- multivariate analysis
- multiversioned view
- m-value
- My Output Data folder
- My Toolboxes folder