"simple style of clothing based on dress in Communist China," 1967, from French, from name of Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader. Related: Maoism.
MAO abbr.
monoamine oxidase
An early symbolic mathematics system.
[A. Rom, Celest Mech 1:309-319 (1969)].
(1995-02-10)