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Charm can have the following meanings: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ...

In paranormal magic:

• An amulet or talisman
• A spell; when a charm is a spell, it is usually traditional in form and often in verse. See also: hoodoo, pow-wow (folk magic), vodun, knocking on wood.
• Similar to blessing, the infusion of something with holiness, divine will, or one's hopes
• Charmer, a practitioner of folk magic

In quantum physics: An amulet from the Black Pullet grimoire An amulet (from Latin amuletum, meaning A means of protection) or a talisman (from Arabic tilasm, ultimately from Greek telesma or from the Greek word talein wich means to initiate into the mysteries. ... The spell is a magical act intended to cause an effect on reality using supernatural means of liturgical or ritual nature. ... Hoodoo is a traditional folk magic which originated in Central African cultures and migrated to the United States during the slave trade. ... Pow-wow is a system of American folk religion and magic associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch. ... The term Voodoo (Vodun in Benin; also Vodou or other phonetically equivalent spellings in Haiti; Vudu in the Dominican Republic) is applied to the branches of a West African ancestor-based religious tradition with primary roots among the Fon-Ewe peoples of West Africa, in the country now known as... Knocking on wood, and the spoken expression knock on wood or touch wood are used as a charm to bring good luck or to avoid tempting fate after making some boast or similar statement. ... Look up Blessing on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A blessing (from to bless, Old English bleodsian or bletsian) originally meant sprinkling with blood during the pagan sacrifices, the Blóts (reference: AHD). ... Charmers were English practitioners of a specific kind of folk magic, specialising in supernatural healing. ...

• Charm quark, a subatomic particle
• Charm (quantum number), the "flavor" of that particle

Other: For other uses of this term, see: Quark (disambiguation) 1974 discovery photograph of a possible charmed baryon In particle physics, the quarks are subatomic particles thought to be elemental and indivisible. ... Charm is the number of charm quarks (c) minus the number of charm anti-quarks () that are present in a particle: This makes charm quark to have a charm of +1 and anti-charm quark to have a charm of −1 (the charm sign agreeing with the quark charge sign). ...

• Charm, a number of socially desirable characteristics, from courtesy and wit to sexiness and charisma
• Charm, a decorative pendant or trinket worn on a charm bracelet
• Charm, a spanish pop group who sing anime and manga songs in spanish and japanese [Wikipedia Article in spanishOfficial Homepage]

Charms may mean: Etiquette is the code that governs the expectations of social behavior, the conventional norm. ... Look up Wit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The word charisma (from the Greek word kharisma, gift or divine favor, from kharizesthai, to favor, from kharis, favor), is often used to describe an ability to charm or influence people. ... A charm bracelet is an item of jewelry worn around the wrist. ...

• Charms, a pseudonymous spelling of Russian poet Daniil Kharms
• Charms, a brand of candy produced by Tootsie Roll Industries
• Lucky Charms, a brand of breakfast cereal

Abbreviations using the word charm include: A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ... Daniil Kharms Daniil Kharms (Russian: ) (30 December 1905/Gregorian calendar: 12 January 1906 - 2 February 1942) was an early Soviet-era satirist who used a surrealist or absurdist style. ... A shelf filled with candies candy is also a ho Candy is often used as a synonym for the more traditional term confectionery in North America, whereas the word has become archaic in most parts of the United Kingdom and survives today almost exclusively in the term candy floss. In... Tootsie Roll Industries is a manufacturer of confectionery in the United States. ... Lucky Charms is a popular brand of breakfast cereal produced by the General Mills cereal company of Golden Valley, Minnesota. ...

• Campus Housing Roommate Matching System at Georgetown University
• CHARMM, Chemistry at HARvard Macromolecular Mechanics

Not to be confused with the University of Georgetown in Georgetown, Guyana or Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY. Georgetown University is a private university in the United States. ... CHARMM (Chemistry at HARvard Macromolecular Mechanics) is a force field for molecular dynamics as well as the name for the molecular dynamics simulation package associated with this force field. ...

See also

• Charmed, a television show about witches
• Prince Charming, a traditional name for a fairy tale hero
• Snake charming, a performance involving the control of snakes