AMS

Ams, often written as AMS, is an acronym with several distinct meanings across science, professional associations, and transportation. In science, Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) is a form of mass spectrometry that uses particle accelerators to count long-lived radionuclides with high sensitivity, enabling applications in radiocarbon dating, environmental tracing, and biomedical research. In professional organizations, AMS commonly refers to the American Mathematical Society, founded in 1888, a nonprofit devoted to mathematical research and education, which publishes journals and maintains MathSciNet. It can also denote the American Meteorological Society, established in 1919, a society for weather and climate science that publishes scholarly journals and supports education and outreach. In transportation, AMS is the IATA airport code for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the primary international airport of the Netherlands, serving as a major hub for European and global air traffic. Because AMS has multiple meanings, the intended sense is usually clear from the surrounding text or domain, and many specialized glossaries or disambiguation pages exist.