English Dictionary: Magenbrot | by the DICT Development Group |
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Magnolia \Mag*no"li*a\, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol, professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th century.] (Bot.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. Note: {Magnolia grandiflora} has coriaceous shining leaves and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay ({M. glauca})is a small tree found sparingly as far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are {M. Umbrella}, {M. macrophylla}, {M. Fraseri}, {M. acuminata}, and {M. cordata}. {M. conspicua} and {M. purpurea} are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. {M. Campbellii}, of India, has rose-colored or crimson flowers. {Magnolia warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful North American wood warbler ({Dendroica maculosa}). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash. | |
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Mackinaw blanket \Mack"i*naw blan"ket\, Mackinaw \Mack"i*naw\ [From Mackinac, the State of Michigan, where blankets and other stores were distributed to the Indians.] A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States. | |
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Mackinaw boat \Mack"i*naw boat\ A flat-bottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern, using oars or sails or both, used esp. on the upper Great Lakes and their tributaries. | |
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Magnifiable \Mag"ni*fi`a*ble\, a. [From {Magnify}.] Such as can be magnified, or extolled. | |
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Magnific \Mag*nif"ic\, Magnifical \Mag*nif"ic*al\, a. [L. magnificus; magnus great + facere to make: cf. F. magnifique. See {Magnitude}, {Fact}. and cf. {Magnificent}.] Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. [Obs.] --1 Chron. xxii. 5. [bd]Thy magnific deeds.[b8] --Milton. -- {Mag*nif"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Magnific \Mag*nif"ic\, Magnifical \Mag*nif"ic*al\, a. [L. magnificus; magnus great + facere to make: cf. F. magnifique. See {Magnitude}, {Fact}. and cf. {Magnificent}.] Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. [Obs.] --1 Chron. xxii. 5. [bd]Thy magnific deeds.[b8] --Milton. -- {Mag*nif"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Magnific \Mag*nif"ic\, Magnifical \Mag*nif"ic*al\, a. [L. magnificus; magnus great + facere to make: cf. F. magnifique. See {Magnitude}, {Fact}. and cf. {Magnificent}.] Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. [Obs.] --1 Chron. xxii. 5. [bd]Thy magnific deeds.[b8] --Milton. -- {Mag*nif"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Magnificate \Mag*nif"i*cate\, v. t. [L. magnificatus, p. p. of magnificare.] To magnify or extol. [Obs.] --Marston. | |
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Magnification \Mag`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n. The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. [R.] | |
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Magnificence \Mag*nif"i*cence\, n. [F. magnificence, L. magnificentia. See {Magnific}.] The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent. --Acts xix. 27. [bd]Then cometh magnificence.[b8] --Chaucer. And, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The Maker's high magnificence, who built so spacious. --Milton. The noblest monuments of Roman magnificence. --Eustace. | |
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Magnificent \Mag*nif"i*cent\, a. [See {Magnificence}.] 1. Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence. A prince is never so magnificent As when he's sparing to enrich a few With the injuries of many. --Massinger. 2. Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid' pompous. When Rome's exalted beauties I descry Magnificent in piles of ruin lie. --Addison. Syn: Glorious; majestic; sublime. See {Grand}. | |
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Magnificently \Mag*nif"i*cent*ly\, adv. In a Magnificent manner. | |
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Magnifico \Mag*nif"i*co\, n.; pl. {Magnificoes}. [It. See {Magnific}.] 1. A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy. --Shak. 2. A rector of a German university. | |
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Magnifico \Mag*nif"i*co\, n.; pl. {Magnificoes}. [It. See {Magnific}.] 1. A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy. --Shak. 2. A rector of a German university. | |
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Magnify \Mag"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Magnified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Magnifying}.] [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See {Magnific}.] 1. To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters. The least error in a small quantity . . . will in a great one . . . be proportionately magnified. --Grew. 2. To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held. On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel. --Joshua iv. 14. 3. To praise highly; to land; to extol. [Archaic] O, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. --Ps. xxxiv. 3. 4. To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty. {To magnify one's self} (Script.), to exhibit pride and haughtiness; to boast. {To magnify one's self against} (Script.), to oppose with pride. | |
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Magnifier \Mag"ni*fi`er\, n. One who, or that which, magnifies. | |
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Magnify \Mag"ni*fy\, v. i. 1. To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little. 2. To have effect; to be of importance or significance. [Cant & Obs.] --Spectator. {Magnifying glass}, a lens which magnifies the apparent dimensions of objects seen through it. | |
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Magnify \Mag"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Magnified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Magnifying}.] [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See {Magnific}.] 1. To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters. The least error in a small quantity . . . will in a great one . . . be proportionately magnified. --Grew. 2. To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held. On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel. --Joshua iv. 14. 3. To praise highly; to land; to extol. [Archaic] O, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. --Ps. xxxiv. 3. 4. To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty. {To magnify one's self} (Script.), to exhibit pride and haughtiness; to boast. {To magnify one's self against} (Script.), to oppose with pride. | |
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Magnify \Mag"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Magnified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Magnifying}.] [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See {Magnific}.] 1. To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters. The least error in a small quantity . . . will in a great one . . . be proportionately magnified. --Grew. 2. To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held. On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel. --Joshua iv. 14. 3. To praise highly; to land; to extol. [Archaic] O, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. --Ps. xxxiv. 3. 4. To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty. {To magnify one's self} (Script.), to exhibit pride and haughtiness; to boast. {To magnify one's self against} (Script.), to oppose with pride. | |
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Magnify \Mag"ni*fy\, v. i. 1. To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little. 2. To have effect; to be of importance or significance. [Cant & Obs.] --Spectator. {Magnifying glass}, a lens which magnifies the apparent dimensions of objects seen through it. | |
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Totara \To"ta*ra\, n. [Maori.] A coniferous tree ({Podocarpus totara}), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zeland. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also {mahogany pine}. | |
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Mason \Ma"son\, n. [F. ma[?]on, LL. macio, machio, mattio, mactio, marcio, macerio; of uncertain origin.] 1. One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes. 2. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See {Freemason}. {Mason bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of solitary bees of the genus {Osmia}. They construct curious nests of hardened mud and sand. {Mason moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth whose larva constructs an earthen cocoon under the soil. {Mason shell} (Zo[94]l.), a marine univalve shell of the genus {Phorus}; -- so called because it cements other shells and pebbles upon its own shell; a carrier shell. {Mason wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp that constructs its nest, or brood cells, of hardened mud. The female fills the cells with insects or spiders, paralyzed by a sting, and thus provides food for its larv[91] | |
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Megamp8are \Meg`am`p[8a]re"\, n. [Mega- + amp[8a]re.] (Elec.) A million amp[8a]res. | |
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Mesamoeboid \Mes`a*m[oe]"boid\ (m[ecr]s`[ador]*m[emac]"boid), n. [Mes- + am[oe]boid.] (Biol.) One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation. | |
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Ice plant \Ice" plant`\ (Bot.) A plant ({Mesembryanthemum crystallinum}), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass. | |
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Mesne \Mesne\, a. [Cf. {Mean} intermediate.] (Law) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord. {Mesne process}, intermediate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the whole process preceding the execution. --Blackstone. Burrill. {Mesne profits}, profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. --Burrill. | |
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2. A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature. Tell her the process of Antonio's end. --Shak. 3. A statement of events; a narrative. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. (Anat. & Zo[94]l.) Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis. 5. (Law) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial. {Deacon's process} [from H. Deacon, who introduced it] (Chem.), a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing hydrochloric acid gas over heated slag which has been previously saturated with a solution of some metallic salt, as sulphate of copper. {Final process} (Practice), a writ of execution in an action at law. --Burrill. {In process}, in the condition of advance, accomplishment, transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed. {Jury process} (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced. --Burrill. {Leblanc's process} (Chem.), the process of manufacturing soda by treating salt with sulphuric acid, reducing the sodium sulphate so formed to sodium sulphide by roasting with charcoal, and converting the sodium sulphide to sodium carbonate by roasting with lime. {Mesne process}. See under {Mesne}. {Process milling}, the process of high milling for grinding flour. See under {Milling}. {Reversible process} (Thermodynamics), any process consisting of a cycle of operations such that the different operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse order with a reversal of their effects. | |
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Mesne \Mesne\, a. [Cf. {Mean} intermediate.] (Law) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord. {Mesne process}, intermediate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the whole process preceding the execution. --Blackstone. Burrill. {Mesne profits}, profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. --Burrill. | |
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Mesonephric \Mes`o*neph"ric\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct. | |
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Miscomfort \Mis*com"fort\, n. Discomfort. [Obs.] | |
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Miscomprehend \Mis*com`pre*hend"\, v. t. To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand. | |
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Miscomputation \Mis*com`pu*ta"tion\, n. Erroneous computation; false reckoning. | |
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Miscompute \Mis`com*pute"\, v. t. [Cf. {Miscount}.] To compute erroneously. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Misconfident \Mis*con"fi*dent\, a. Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting. [R.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Misemploy \Mis`em*ploy"\, v. t. To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc. Their frugal father's gains they misemploy. --Dryden. | |
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Misemployment \Mis`em*ploy"ment\, n. Wrong or mistaken employment. --Johnson. | |
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Misimprove \Mis`im*prove"\, v. t. To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc. --South. | |
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Misimprovement \Mis`im*prove"ment\, n. Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose. | |
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Misinfer \Mis`in*fer"\, v. t. To infer incorrectly. | |
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Misinform \Mis`in*form"\, v. t. To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly. | |
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Misinform \Mis`in*form"\, v. i. To give untrue information; (with against) to calumniate. [R.] --Bp. Montagu. | |
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Misinformant \Mis`in*form"ant\, n. A misinformer. | |
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Misinformation \Mis*in`for*ma"tion\, n. Untrue or incorrect information. --Bacon. | |
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Misinformer \Mis`in*form"er\, n. One who gives or incorrect information. | |
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Missemblance \Mis*sem"blance\, n. False resemblance or semblance. [Obs.] | |
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Moss \Moss\, n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[a2]s, D. mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh', L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.] 1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water. Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss, etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus {Lycopodium}. See {Club moss}, under {Club}, and {Lycopodium}. 2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border. Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of words which need no special explanation; as, moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc. {Black moss}. See under {Black}, and {Tillandsia}. {Bog moss}. See {Sphagnum}. {Feather moss}, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp. several species of the genus {Hypnum}. {Florida moss}, {Long moss}, [or] {Spanish moss}. See {Tillandsia}. {Iceland moss}, a lichen. See {Iceland Moss}. {Irish moss}, a seaweed. See {Carrageen}. {Moss agate} (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in part to oxide of manganese. Called also {Mocha stone}. {Moss animal} (Zo[94]l.), a bryozoan. {Moss berry} (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium Oxycoccus}). {Moss campion} (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the Arctic circle. {Moss land}, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants, forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the water is grained off or retained in its pores. {Moss pink} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Phlox} ({P. subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the Middle United States, and often cultivated for its handsome flowers. --Gray. {Moss rose} (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived from the Provence rose. {Moss rush} (Bot.), a rush of the genus {Juncus} ({J. squarrosus}). {Scale moss}. See {Hepatica}. | |
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Donkey \Don"key\, n.; pl. {Donkeys}. [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.] 1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule. 2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. {Donkey engine}, a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes. {Donkey pump}, a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary. {Donkey's eye} (Bot.), the large round seed of the {Mucuna pruriens}, a tropical leguminous plant. | |
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Mugwump \Mug"wump`\, n. [Cf. Algonquin mugquomp a chief.] A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent. [Political Cant, U.S.] | |
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Mugwumpery \Mug"wump`er*y\, Mugwumpism \Mug"wump*ism\, n. The acts and views of the mugwumps. [Political Cant, U.S.] | |
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Mugwumpery \Mug"wump`er*y\, Mugwumpism \Mug"wump*ism\, n. The acts and views of the mugwumps. [Political Cant, U.S.] | |
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Museum \Mu*se"um\, n. [L., a temple of the Muses, hence, a place of study, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] a Muse.] A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art. {Museum beetle}, {Museum pest}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Anthrenus}. | |
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Museum \Mu*se"um\, n. [L., a temple of the Muses, hence, a place of study, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] a Muse.] A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art. {Museum beetle}, {Museum pest}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Anthrenus}. | |
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Macomb, IL (city, FIPS 45889) Location: 40.47039 N, 90.68144 W Population (1990): 19952 (6592 housing units) Area: 23.8 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61455 Macomb, MI Zip code(s): 48044 Macomb, MO Zip code(s): 65702 Macomb, OK (town, FIPS 45500) Location: 35.14777 N, 97.00809 W Population (1990): 64 (24 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74852 | |
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Macomb County, MI (county, FIPS 99) Location: 42.66806 N, 82.91016 W Population (1990): 717400 (274843 housing units) Area: 1244.3 sq km (land), 231.5 sq km (water) | |
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Masonboro, NC (CDP, FIPS 41740) Location: 34.16915 N, 77.86625 W Population (1990): 7010 (2687 housing units) Area: 15.8 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water) | |
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Mc Kownville, NY Zip code(s): 12203 | |
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Mc Nabb, IL Zip code(s): 61335 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McComb, MS (city, FIPS 43280) Location: 31.24495 N, 90.46520 W Population (1990): 11591 (4969 housing units) Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) McComb, OH (village, FIPS 45808) Location: 41.10666 N, 83.78958 W Population (1990): 1544 (592 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McNab, AR (town, FIPS 43070) Location: 33.66072 N, 93.83222 W Population (1990): 95 (38 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McNabb, IL (village, FIPS 45850) Location: 41.17728 N, 89.20983 W Population (1990): 310 (120 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Micanopy, FL (town, FIPS 45225) Location: 29.50611 N, 82.28078 W Population (1990): 612 (293 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32667 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mission Bay, FL (CDP, FIPS 46040) Location: 26.36961 N, 80.21010 W Population (1990): 1227 (529 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mission Bend, TX (CDP, FIPS 48772) Location: 29.69371 N, 95.66462 W Population (1990): 24945 (8035 housing units) Area: 13.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mission Viejo, CA (city, FIPS 48256) Location: 33.61242 N, 117.65163 W Population (1990): 72820 (26393 housing units) Area: 45.2 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 92675, 92691, 92692 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
machinable adj. Machine-readable. Having the {softcopy} nature. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
machinable {Machine-readable}. Having the {softcopy} nature. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MAXIMOP "Job Control Languages: MAXIMOP and CAFE", J. Brandon, Proc BCS Symp on Job Control Languages--Past Present and Future, NCC, Manchester, ENgland 1974. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MuSimp for the {IBM PC} {symbolic mathematics} package {MuMath}. (1995-04-12) | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Mozambique Mozambique:Geography Location: Southern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania Map references: Africa Area: total area: 801,590 sq km land area: 784,090 sq km comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of California Land boundaries: total 4,571 km, Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km Coastline: 2,470 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical to subtropical Terrain: mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west Natural resources: coal, titanium Land use: arable land: 4% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 56% forest and woodland: 20% other: 20% Irrigated land: 1,150 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: civil strife and recurrent drought in the hinterlands have resulted in increased migration to urban and coastal areas with adverse environmental consequences; desertification; pollution of surface and coastal waters natural hazards: severe droughts and floods occur in central and southern provinces; devastating cyclones international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea Mozambique:People Population: 18,115,250 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 45% (female 4,069,117; male 4,078,429) 15-64 years: 53% (female 4,882,292; male 4,630,193) 65 years and over: 2% (female 260,057; male 195,162) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 2.87% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 44.6 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 15.94 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) note: by the end of 1994, an estimated 1.6 million Mozambican refugees, who fled to Malawi, Zimbabwa, and South Africa in earlier years from the civil war, had returned; an estimated 100,000 refugees remain to be repatriated from those countries Infant mortality rate: 126 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 48.95 years male: 47.04 years female: 50.92 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.19 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Mozambican(s) adjective: Mozambican Ethnic divisions: indigenous tribal groups, Europeans about 10,000, Euro-Africans 35,000, Indians 15,000 Religions: indigenous beliefs 60%, Christian 30%, Muslim 10% Languages: Portuguese (official), indigenous dialects Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 33% male: 45% female: 21% Labor force: NA by occupation: 90% engaged in agriculture Mozambique:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Mozambique conventional short form: Mozambique local long form: Republica Popular de Mocambique local short form: Mocambique Digraph: MZ Type: republic Capital: Maputo Administrative divisions: 10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia Independence: 25 June 1975 (from Portugal) National holiday: Independence Day, 25 June (1975) Constitution: 30 November 1990 Legal system: based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Joaquim Alberto CHISSANO (since 6 November 1986) head of government: Prime Minister Pascoal MOCUMBI (since December 1994) cabinet: Cabinet Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da Republica): draft electoral law provides for periodic, direct presidential and Assembly elections note: as called for in the 1992 peace accords, presidential and legislative elections took place during 27-29 October 1994; fourteen parties, including the Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) participated; Joaquim Alberto CHISSANO was elected president and his FRELIMO party gathered a slim majority in the 250 seat legislature Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO), Joaquim Alberto CHISSANO, chairman; the ruling party since independence, FRELIMO was the only legal party before 30 November 1990 when the new Constitution went into effect establishing a multiparty system Member of: ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, FAO, FLS, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Hipolito Pereira Zozimo PATRICIO chancery: Suite 570, 1990 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 telephone: [1] (202) 293-7146 FAX: [1] (202) 835-0245 US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Dennis Coleman JETT embassy: Avenida Kenneth Kuanda, 193 Maputo mailing address: P. O. Box 783, Maputo telephone: [258] (1) 492797 FAX: [258] (1) 490114 Flag: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and yellow with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a yellow five-pointed star bearing a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book Economy Overview: One of Africa's poorest countries, Mozambique has failed to exploit the economic potential of its sizable agricultural, hydropower, and transportation resources. Indeed, national output, consumption, and investment declined throughout the first half of the 1980s because of internal disorders, lack of government administrative control, and a growing foreign debt. A sharp increase in foreign aid, attracted by an economic reform policy, resulted in successive years of economic growth in the late 1980s, but aid has declined steadily since 1989. Agricultural output is at only 75% of its 1981 level, and grain has to be imported. Industry operates at only 20%-40% of capacity. The economy depends heavily on foreign assistance to keep afloat. Peace accords signed in October 1992 improved chances of foreign investment, aided IMF-supported economic reforms, and supported continued economic recovery. Elections held in 1994 diverted government attention from the economy, resulting in slippage and delays in the economic reform program. Nonetheless, growth in 1994 was solid and can continue into the late 1990s given continued foreign help in meeting debt obligations. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $10.6 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 5.8% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $610 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 50% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: 50% (1989 est.) Budget: revenues: $252 million expenditures: $607 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1992 est.) Exports: $150 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: shrimp 40%, cashews, cotton, sugar, copra, citrus partners: Spain, South Africa, US, Portugal, Japan Imports: $1.14 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.) commodities: food, clothing, farm equipment, petroleum partners: South Africa, UK, France, Japan, Portugal External debt: $5 billion (1992 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 5% (1989 est.) Electricity: capacity: 2,360,000 kW production: 1.7 billion kWh consumption per capita: 58 kWh (1993) Industries: food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), petroleum products, textiles, nonmetallic mineral products (cement, glass, asbestos), tobacco Agriculture: accounts for 50% of GDP and about 90% of exports; cash crops - cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, shrimp; other crops - cassava, corn, rice, tropical fruits; not self-sufficient in food Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $350 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $4.4 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $37 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $890 million Currency: 1 metical (Mt) = 100 centavos Exchange rates: meticais (Mt) per US$1 - 5,220.63 (1st quarter 1994), 3,874.24 (1993), 2,550.40 (1992), 1,763.99 (1991), 1,053.09 (1990) Fiscal year: calendar year Mozambique:Transportation Railroads: total: 3,288 km narrow gauge: 3,140 km 1.067-m gauge; 148 km 0.762-m gauge Highways: total: 26,498 km paved: 4,593 km unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, stabilized earth 829 km; unimproved earth 21,076 km Inland waterways: about 3,750 km of navigable routes Pipelines: crude oil (not operating) 306 km; petroleum products 289 km Ports: Beira, Inhambane, Maputo, Nacala, Pemba Merchant marine: total: 3 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,533 GRT/8,024 DWT Airports: total: 192 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 11 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 5 with paved runways under 914 m: 112 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 15 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 44 Note: note: highway traffic impeded by land mines not removed at end of civil war Mozambique:Communications Telephone system: NA telephone density; fair system of troposcatter, open-wire lines, and radio relay local: NA intercity: microwave radio relay and tropospheric scatter international: 5 INTELSAT (2 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean) earth stations Radio: broadcast stations: AM 29, FM 4, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 1 televisions: NA Mozambique:Defense Forces Branches: Army, Naval Command, Air and Air Defense Forces, Militia; note - by late 1994, the army and former RENAMO rebels had demobilized; under UN supervision and training, recruits from both the army and rebel forces joined an integrated force that is still forming Manpower availability: males age 15-49 4,061,109; males fit for military service 2,331,793 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $110 million, 7.3% of GDP (1993) |