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Language
- The French languageFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
word for "me" (first person, singular, reflexive pronoun), used idiomatically and informally by English speakers to facetiously indicate mock innocence or humility ("Surely you weren't referring to moi?") - A Finnish languageFinnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
and East Frisian Low SaxonEast Frisian Low SaxonEast Frisian Low Saxon is a West Low German dialect spoken in the East Frisian peninsula of northwestern Lower Saxony. It is used quite frequently in everyday speech there. About half of the East Frisian population in the coastal region uses Platdüütsk. A number of individuals, despite not being...
greeting, like "hi" in English - The Fula languageFula languageThe Fula or Fulani language is a language of West Africa. It is spoken as a first language by the and related groups from Senegambia and Guinea to Cameroon and Sudan...
word for "who"
People
- Daniel Arap MoiDaniel arap MoiDaniel Toroitich arap Moi was the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002.Daniel arap Moi is popularly known to Kenyans as 'Nyayo', a Swahili word for 'footsteps'...
(born 1924), President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002 - Moi NavarroMoi NavarroMoises Navarro is an American musician, born in Los Angeles,California. Moi is best known for his high register vocals and use of his falsetto...
singer, Kinfolk 9 on NBC's The Sing-OffThe Sing-OffThe Sing-Off is an American television singing competition featuring a cappella groups. It premiered on NBC on December 14, 2009, and is produced by Sony Pictures Television....
Places
- Moi, a village in BâlteniBâlteniBâlteni is a commune in Gorj County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bâlteni, Cocoreni, Moi, Peşteana-Jiu and Vlăduleni....
Commune, Gorj County, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... - MoiMoi, NorwayMoi is the administrative centre of the Lund municipality, in Rogaland county in Norway. It has a population of about 2000. Moi lies next to Lundevatnet, one of the deepest lakes in Norway.-Industry:...
, the administrative centre of LundLund, NorwayLund is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Moi. The parish of Lunde was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...
municipality, in RogalandRogalandis a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...
county in NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
Computing
- MOI (file format)MOI (file format)MOI is a computer file format used primarily to represent information. MOI files are associated with MOD or TOD files whose content they represent. They are mainly used on JVC camcorders.- Format overview :...
, the file extension for the index file accompanying the MOD video file format used on many camcorders - Moment of InspirationMoment of InspirationMoment of Inspiration is a 3D modeling program designed for Microsoft Windows and aimed at designers and artists. It supports precision and freeform NURBS drawing tools and sports a unique user interface that operates seamlessly with a pen tablet....
, a 3-D modelling program for Microsoft Windows
Abbreviations
- The Mothers of InventionThe Mothers of InventionThe Mothers of Invention were an American band active from 1964 to 1969, and again from 1970 to 1975.They mainly performed works by, and were the original recording group of, US composer and guitarist Frank Zappa , although other members have had the occasional writing credit...
, a 1960's band led by Frank Zappa - Moment of inertiaMoment of inertiaIn classical mechanics, moment of inertia, also called mass moment of inertia, rotational inertia, polar moment of inertia of mass, or the angular mass, is a measure of an object's resistance to changes to its rotation. It is the inertia of a rotating body with respect to its rotation...
, a quantification of the rotational inertia of an object - Multiplicity of infectionMultiplicity of infectionThe multiplicity of infection or MOI is the ratio of infectious agents to infection targets . For example, when referring to a group of cells inoculated with infectious virus particles, the multiplicity of infection or MOI is the ratio of the number of infectious virus particles to the number of...
, the ratio of infectious agents to infection targets - MarsMarsMars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
orbit insertionOrbit insertionOrbit insertion is the spaceflight operation of adjusting a spacecraft’s momentum to allow for entry into a stable orbit around a planet, moon, or other celestial body...
, modifying the trajectory of an interplanetary spacecraft to enter a Martian orbit - Master of Illusion (video game)Master of Illusion (video game)Master of Illusion, known in Europe as Magic Made Fun: Perform Tricks That Will Amaze Your Friends! and in Japan as , is a magician video game for the Nintendo DS. It was developed and published by Nintendo, released in Japan on November 16, 2006, November 26, 2007 in North America and March 14,...
, a 2007 Nintendo DS game - Minister of InformationMinister of InformationThe Ministry of Information , headed by the Minister of Information, was a United Kingdom government department created briefly at the end of World War I and again during World War II...
- Ministry of Interior, a governmental ministry for internal affairs
- Main-d'œuvre immigréeMain-d'œuvre immigréeThe Main-d'œuvre immigrée was a French trade unionist organisation, composed of immigrant workers of the Confédération générale du travail unitaire in the 1920s. The MOI was affiliated to the Profintern...
, a French trade union grouping in the first half of the 20th century.