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Mateless \Mate"less\, a. [Cf. {Matchless}.] Having no mate. | |
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Mateology \Ma`te*ol"o*gy\ (m[amac]`t[esl]*[ocr]l"[osl]*j[ycr]), n. [Gr. mataiologi`a; ma`taios useless, vain + lo`gos discourse: cf. F. mat[82]ologie.] A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry. [R.] | |
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Meatless \Meat"less\, a. Having no meat; without food. [bd]Leave these beggars meatless.[b8] --Sir T. More. | |
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Medalist \Med"al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]dailliste, It. medaglista.] [Written also {medallist}.] 1. A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of medals. --Addison. 2. A designer of medals. --Macaulay. 3. One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit. | |
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Medallic \Me*dal"lic\, a. Of or pertaining to a medal, or to medals. [bd]Our medallic history.[b8] --Walpole. | |
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Medalist \Med"al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]dailliste, It. medaglista.] [Written also {medallist}.] 1. A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of medals. --Addison. 2. A designer of medals. --Macaulay. 3. One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit. | |
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Meddlesome \Med"dle*some\, a. Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive. -- {Med"dle*some*ness}, n. | |
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Meddlesome \Med"dle*some\, a. Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive. -- {Med"dle*some*ness}, n. | |
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Medley \Med"ley\, n.; pl. {Medleys}. [OE. medlee, OF. mesl[82]e, medl[82]e, mell[82]e, F. m[88]l[82]e. See {Meddle}, and cf. {Mel[90]e}, {Mellay}.] 1. A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously. This medley of philosophy and war. --Addison. Love is a medley of endearments, jars, Suspicions, reconcilements, wars. --W. Walsh. 2. The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a m[88]l[82]e. [Obs.] --Holland. 3. (Mus.) A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri. Note: Medley is usually applied to vocal, potpourri to instrumental, compositions. 4. A cloth of mixed colors. --Fuller. | |
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Metallic \Me*tal"lic\, a. [L. metallicus, fr. metallum: cf. F. m[82]tallique. See {Metal}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy. 2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive. | |
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{Metallic iron}, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron. {Metallic paper}, paper covered with a thin solution of lime, whiting, and size. When written upon with a pewter or brass pencil, the lines can hardly be effaced. {Metallic tinking} (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when a cavity communicating with the air passages contains both air and liquid. | |
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{Metallic iron}, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron. {Metallic paper}, paper covered with a thin solution of lime, whiting, and size. When written upon with a pewter or brass pencil, the lines can hardly be effaced. {Metallic tinking} (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when a cavity communicating with the air passages contains both air and liquid. | |
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Phosphorus \Phos"phor*us\, n.; pl. {Phosphori}. [L., the morning star, Gr. [?], lit., light bringer; [?] light + [?] to bring.] 1. The morning star; Phosphor. 2. (Chem.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for many other purposes. The molecule contains four atoms. Symbol P. Atomic weight 31.0. 3. (Chem.) Hence, any substance which shines in the dark like phosphorus, as certain phosphorescent bodies. {Bologna phosphorus} (Chem.), sulphide of barium, which shines in the dark after exposure to light; -- so called because this property was discovered by a resident of Bologna. The term is sometimes applied to other compounds having similar properties. {Metallic phosphorus} (Chem.), an allotropic modification of phosphorus, obtained as a gray metallic crystalline substance, having very inert chemical properties. It is obtained by heating ordinary phosphorus in a closed vessel at a high temperature. {Phosphorus disease} (Med.), a disease common among workers in phosphorus, giving rise to necrosis of the jawbone, and other symptoms. {Red, [or] Amorphous}, {phosphorus} (Chem.), an allotropic modification of phosphorus, obtained as a dark red powder by heating ordinary phosphorus in closed vessels. It is not poisonous, is not phosphorescent, and is only moderately active chemically. It is valuable as a chemical reagent, and is used in the composition of the friction surface on which safety matches are ignited. {Solar phosphori} (Chem.), phosphorescent substances which shine in the dark after exposure to the sunlight or other intense light. | |
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Sulphide \Sul"phide\, n. (Chem.) A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerly called {sulphuret}. {Double sulphide} (Chem.), a compound of two sulphides. {Hydrogen sulphide}. (Chem.) See under {Hydrogen}. {Metallic sulphide}, a binary compound of sulphur with a metal. | |
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Thermometer \Ther*mom"e*ter\, n. [Thermo- + -meter: cf. F. thermom[8a]tre. See {Thermal}.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions. Note: The thermometer usually consists of a glass tube of capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing mercury or alcohol, which expanding or contracting according to the temperature to which it is exposed, indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of space occupied, as shown by the position of the top of the liquid column on a graduated scale. See {Centigrade}, {Fahrenheit}, and {R[82]aumur}. To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Centigrade, substract 32[f8] and multiply by [frac59]; to reduce degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit, multiply by [frac95] and add 32[f8]. {Air thermometer}, {Balance thermometer}, etc. See under {Air}, {Balance}, etc. {Metallic thermometer}, a form of thermometer indicating changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of rods or strips of metal. {Register thermometer}, [or] {Self-registering thermometer}, a thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of temperature occurring in the interval of time between two consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and left within it at the point of minimum temperature. | |
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{Metallic iron}, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron. {Metallic paper}, paper covered with a thin solution of lime, whiting, and size. When written upon with a pewter or brass pencil, the lines can hardly be effaced. {Metallic tinking} (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when a cavity communicating with the air passages contains both air and liquid. | |
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Metallical \Me*tal"lic*al\, a. See {Metallic}. [Obs.] | |
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Metallicly \Me*tal"lic*ly\, adv. In a metallic manner; by metallic means. | |
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Metallist \Met"al*list\, n. A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals. | |
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Metallization \Met`al*li*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]tallisation.] The act or process of metallizing. [R.] | |
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Metallize \Met"al*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Metallized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metallizing}.] [Cf. F. m[82]talliser.] To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal. [R.] | |
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Metallize \Met"al*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Metallized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metallizing}.] [Cf. F. m[82]talliser.] To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal. [R.] | |
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Metallize \Met"al*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Metallized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metallizing}.] [Cf. F. m[82]talliser.] To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal. [R.] | |
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Metallochrome \Me*tal"lo*chrome\, n. [See {Metallochromy}.] A coloring produced by the deposition of some metallic compound; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by depositing a film of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity. | |
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Metallochromy \Me*tal"lo*chro`my\, n. [L. metallum metal + Gr. [?] color.] The art or process of coloring metals. | |
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Metallograph \Me*tal"lo*graph\, n. [L. metallum metal + -graph.] A print made by metallography. | |
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Metallographic \Me*tal`lo*graph"ic\, a. Pertaining to, or by means of, metallography. | |
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Metallographist \Met`al*log"ra*phist\, n. One who writes on the subject of metals. | |
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Metallography \Met`al*log"ra*phy\, n. [L. metallum metal + -graphy: cf. F. m[82]tallographie.] 1. The science or art of metals and metal working; also, a treatise on metals. 2. A method of transferring impressions of the grain of wood to metallic surfaces by chemical action. --Knight. 3. A substitute for lithography, in which metallic plates are used instead of stone. --Knight. | |
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Metalogical \Met`a*log"ic*al\, a. Beyond the scope or province of logic. | |
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Chlormethane \Chlor`meth"ane\, n. (Chem.) A colorless gas, {CH3Cl}, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also {methyl chloride}. | |
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; -- called also {methol}, {carbinol}, etc. {Methyl amine} (Chem.), a colorless, inflammable, alkaline gas, {CH3.NH2}, having an ammoniacal, fishy odor. It is produced artificially, and also occurs naturally in herring brine and other fishy products. It is regarded as ammonia in which a third of its hydrogen is replaced by methyl, and is a type of the class of substituted ammonias. {Methyl ether} (Chem.), a light, volatile ether {CH3.O.CH3}, obtained by the etherification of methyl alcohol; -- called also {methyl oxide}. {Methyl green}. (Chem.) See under {Green}, n. {Methyl orange}. (Chem.) See {Helianthin}. {Methyl violet} (Chem.), an artificial dye, consisting of certain methyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline. | |
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Green \Green\ (gren), n. 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green. O'er the smooth enameled green. --Milton. 3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural. In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers. --Pope. 4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food. 5. Any substance or pigment of a green color. {Alkali green} (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also {Helvetia green}. {Berlin green}. (Chem.) See under {Berlin}. {Brilliant green} (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition. {Brunswick green}, an oxychloride of copper. {Chrome green}. See under {Chrome}. {Emerald green}. (Chem.) (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also {aldehyde green}, {acid green}, {malachite green}, {Victoria green}, {solid green}, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b) See {Paris green} (below). {Gaignet's green} (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium. {Methyl green} (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also {light-green}. {Mineral green}. See under {Mineral}. {Mountain green}. See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a. {Paris green} (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also {Schweinfurth green}, {imperial green}, {Vienna green}, {emerald qreen}, and {mitis green}. {Scheele's green} (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also {Swedish green}. It may enter into various pigments called {parrot green}, {pickel green}, {Brunswick green}, {nereid green}, or {emerald green}. | |
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Ketol \Ke"tol\ (k[emac]"t[omac]l), n. [Ketone + indol.] (Chem.) One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol. {Methyl ketol}, a weak organic base, obtained as a white crystalline substance having the odor of f[91]ces. | |
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; -- called also {methol}, {carbinol}, etc. {Methyl amine} (Chem.), a colorless, inflammable, alkaline gas, {CH3.NH2}, having an ammoniacal, fishy odor. It is produced artificially, and also occurs naturally in herring brine and other fishy products. It is regarded as ammonia in which a third of its hydrogen is replaced by methyl, and is a type of the class of substituted ammonias. {Methyl ether} (Chem.), a light, volatile ether {CH3.O.CH3}, obtained by the etherification of methyl alcohol; -- called also {methyl oxide}. {Methyl green}. (Chem.) See under {Green}, n. {Methyl orange}. (Chem.) See {Helianthin}. {Methyl violet} (Chem.), an artificial dye, consisting of certain methyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline. | |
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Quinaldine \Quin*al"dine\, n. [Quinoline + aldehyde + aniline.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, {C9H6N.CH3}, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also {methyl quinoline}. [Written also {chinaldine}.] | |
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Methylic \Me*thyl"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, methyl; specifically, designating methyl alcohol. See under {Methyl}. | |
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Mettlesome \Met"tle*some\, a. Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. -- {Met"tle*some*ly}, adv. -- {Met"tle*some*ness}, n. | |
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Mettlesome \Met"tle*some\, a. Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. -- {Met"tle*some*ly}, adv. -- {Met"tle*some*ness}, n. | |
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Mettlesome \Met"tle*some\, a. Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. -- {Met"tle*some*ly}, adv. -- {Met"tle*some*ness}, n. | |
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Middle \Mid"dle\, a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [?][?][?][?]. See {Mid}, a.] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age. 2. Intermediate; intervening. Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. --Sir J. Davies. Note: Middle is sometimes used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, middle-sized, middle-witted. {Middle Ages}, the period of time intervening between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters. Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century. {Middle class}, in England, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. --M. Arnold. {Middle distance}. (Paint.) See {Middle-ground}. {Middle English}. See {English}, n., 2. {Middle Kingdom}, China. {Middle oil} (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170[deg] and 230[deg] Centigrade; -- distinguished from the light, and the heavy or dead, oil. {Middle passage}, in the slave trade, that part of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies. {Middle post}. (Arch.) Same as {King-post}. {Middle States}, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern States (or New England) and the Southern States. [U.S.] {Middle term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion. --Brande. {Middle tint} (Paint.), a subdued or neutral tint. --Fairholt. {Middle voice}. (Gram.) See under {Voice}. {Middle watch}, the period from midnight to four A. M.; also, the men on watch during that time. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Middle weight}, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those classed as {light weights}, {heavy weights}, etc. | |
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Middle \Mid"dle\, a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [?][?][?][?]. See {Mid}, a.] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age. 2. Intermediate; intervening. Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. --Sir J. Davies. Note: Middle is sometimes used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, middle-sized, middle-witted. {Middle Ages}, the period of time intervening between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters. Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century. {Middle class}, in England, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. --M. Arnold. {Middle distance}. (Paint.) See {Middle-ground}. {Middle English}. See {English}, n., 2. {Middle Kingdom}, China. {Middle oil} (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170[deg] and 230[deg] Centigrade; -- distinguished from the light, and the heavy or dead, oil. {Middle passage}, in the slave trade, that part of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies. {Middle post}. (Arch.) Same as {King-post}. {Middle States}, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern States (or New England) and the Southern States. [U.S.] {Middle term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion. --Brande. {Middle tint} (Paint.), a subdued or neutral tint. --Fairholt. {Middle voice}. (Gram.) See under {Voice}. {Middle watch}, the period from midnight to four A. M.; also, the men on watch during that time. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Middle weight}, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those classed as {light weights}, {heavy weights}, etc. | |
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Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly, following, fr. sequi to follow. See {Sue} to follow, and cf. {Secund}.] 1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen. xli. 5. 2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior. May the day when we become the second people upon earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation. --Landor. 3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge. A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak. {Second Adventist}. See {Adventist}. {Second cousin}, the child of a cousin. {Second-cut file}. See under {File}. {Second distance} (Art), that part of a picture between the foreground and the background; -- called also {middle ground}, or {middle distance}. [R.] {Second estate} (Eng.), the House of Peers. {Second girl}, a female house-servant who does the lighter work, as chamber work or waiting on table. {Second intention}. See under {Intention}. {Second story}, {Story floor}, in America, the second range of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is called the {first floor}, the one beneath being the ground floor. {Second} {thought [or] thoughts}, consideration of a matter following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration. On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had known him. --Dickens. | |
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Middle \Mid"dle\, a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [?][?][?][?]. See {Mid}, a.] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age. 2. Intermediate; intervening. Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. --Sir J. Davies. Note: Middle is sometimes used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, middle-sized, middle-witted. {Middle Ages}, the period of time intervening between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters. Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century. {Middle class}, in England, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. --M. Arnold. {Middle distance}. (Paint.) See {Middle-ground}. {Middle English}. See {English}, n., 2. {Middle Kingdom}, China. {Middle oil} (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170[deg] and 230[deg] Centigrade; -- distinguished from the light, and the heavy or dead, oil. {Middle passage}, in the slave trade, that part of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies. {Middle post}. (Arch.) Same as {King-post}. {Middle States}, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern States (or New England) and the Southern States. [U.S.] {Middle term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion. --Brande. {Middle tint} (Paint.), a subdued or neutral tint. --Fairholt. {Middle voice}. (Gram.) See under {Voice}. {Middle watch}, the period from midnight to four A. M.; also, the men on watch during that time. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Middle weight}, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those classed as {light weights}, {heavy weights}, etc. | |
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Middle \Mid"dle\, a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [?][?][?][?]. See {Mid}, a.] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age. 2. Intermediate; intervening. Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. --Sir J. Davies. Note: Middle is sometimes used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, middle-sized, middle-witted. {Middle Ages}, the period of time intervening between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters. Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century. {Middle class}, in England, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. --M. Arnold. {Middle distance}. (Paint.) See {Middle-ground}. {Middle English}. See {English}, n., 2. {Middle Kingdom}, China. {Middle oil} (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170[deg] and 230[deg] Centigrade; -- distinguished from the light, and the heavy or dead, oil. {Middle passage}, in the slave trade, that part of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies. {Middle post}. (Arch.) Same as {King-post}. {Middle States}, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern States (or New England) and the Southern States. [U.S.] {Middle term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion. --Brande. {Middle tint} (Paint.), a subdued or neutral tint. --Fairholt. {Middle voice}. (Gram.) See under {Voice}. {Middle watch}, the period from midnight to four A. M.; also, the men on watch during that time. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Middle weight}, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those classed as {light weights}, {heavy weights}, etc. | |
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Middle \Mid"dle\, a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [?][?][?][?]. See {Mid}, a.] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age. 2. Intermediate; intervening. Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. --Sir J. Davies. Note: Middle is sometimes used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, middle-sized, middle-witted. {Middle Ages}, the period of time intervening between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters. Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century. {Middle class}, in England, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. --M. Arnold. {Middle distance}. (Paint.) See {Middle-ground}. {Middle English}. See {English}, n., 2. {Middle Kingdom}, China. {Middle oil} (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170[deg] and 230[deg] Centigrade; -- distinguished from the light, and the heavy or dead, oil. {Middle passage}, in the slave trade, that part of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies. {Middle post}. (Arch.) Same as {King-post}. {Middle States}, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern States (or New England) and the Southern States. [U.S.] {Middle term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion. --Brande. {Middle tint} (Paint.), a subdued or neutral tint. --Fairholt. {Middle voice}. (Gram.) See under {Voice}. {Middle watch}, the period from midnight to four A. M.; also, the men on watch during that time. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Middle weight}, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those classed as {light weights}, {heavy weights}, etc. | |
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Middle-age \Mid"dle-age`\, [Middle + age. Cf. {Medi[91]val}.] Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; medi[91]val. | |
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Middle-aged \Mid"dle-aged`\, a. Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 30 and 50 years old. | |
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Middle-ground \Mid"dle-ground`\, n. (Paint.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. | |
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Middlings \Mid"dlings\, n. pl. 1. A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in bolting; -- formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour. Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten. 2. In the southern and western parts of the United States, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon; -- called also {middles}. --Bartlett. | |
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Modalist \Mo"dal*ist\, n. (Theol.) One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity. --Eadie. | |
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Modelize \Mod"el*ize\, v. t. To model. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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d8Modulus \[d8]Mod"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Moduli}. [L., a small measure. See {Module}, n.] (Math., Mech., & Physics) A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter. {Modulus of a machine}, a formula expressing the work which a given machine can perform under the conditions involved in its construction; the relation between the work done upon a machine by the moving power, and that yielded at the working points, either constantly, if its motion be uniform, or in the interval of time which it occupies in passing from any given velocity to the same velocity again, if its motion be variable; -- called also the efficiency of the machine. --Mosley. --Rankine. {Modulus of a system of logarithms} (Math.), a number by which all the Napierian logarithms must be multiplied to obtain the logarithms in another system. {Modulus of elasticity}. (a) The measure of the elastic force of any substance, expressed by the ratio of a stress on a given unit of the substance to the accompanying distortion, or strain. (b) An expression of the force (usually in terms of the height in feet or weight in pounds of a column of the same body) which would be necessary to elongate a prismatic body of a transverse section equal to a given unit, as a square inch or foot, to double, or to compress it to half, its original length, were that degree of elongation or compression possible, or within the limits of elasticity; -- called also {Young's modulus}. {Modulus of rupture}, the measure of the force necessary to break a given substance across, as a beam, expressed by eighteen times the load which is required to break a bar of one inch square, supported flatwise at two points one foot apart, and loaded in the middle between the points of support. --Rankine. | |
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d8Modulus \[d8]Mod"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Moduli}. [L., a small measure. See {Module}, n.] (Math., Mech., & Physics) A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter. {Modulus of a machine}, a formula expressing the work which a given machine can perform under the conditions involved in its construction; the relation between the work done upon a machine by the moving power, and that yielded at the working points, either constantly, if its motion be uniform, or in the interval of time which it occupies in passing from any given velocity to the same velocity again, if its motion be variable; -- called also the efficiency of the machine. --Mosley. --Rankine. {Modulus of a system of logarithms} (Math.), a number by which all the Napierian logarithms must be multiplied to obtain the logarithms in another system. {Modulus of elasticity}. (a) The measure of the elastic force of any substance, expressed by the ratio of a stress on a given unit of the substance to the accompanying distortion, or strain. (b) An expression of the force (usually in terms of the height in feet or weight in pounds of a column of the same body) which would be necessary to elongate a prismatic body of a transverse section equal to a given unit, as a square inch or foot, to double, or to compress it to half, its original length, were that degree of elongation or compression possible, or within the limits of elasticity; -- called also {Young's modulus}. {Modulus of rupture}, the measure of the force necessary to break a given substance across, as a beam, expressed by eighteen times the load which is required to break a bar of one inch square, supported flatwise at two points one foot apart, and loaded in the middle between the points of support. --Rankine. | |
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d8Modulus \[d8]Mod"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Moduli}. [L., a small measure. See {Module}, n.] (Math., Mech., & Physics) A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter. {Modulus of a machine}, a formula expressing the work which a given machine can perform under the conditions involved in its construction; the relation between the work done upon a machine by the moving power, and that yielded at the working points, either constantly, if its motion be uniform, or in the interval of time which it occupies in passing from any given velocity to the same velocity again, if its motion be variable; -- called also the efficiency of the machine. --Mosley. --Rankine. {Modulus of a system of logarithms} (Math.), a number by which all the Napierian logarithms must be multiplied to obtain the logarithms in another system. {Modulus of elasticity}. (a) The measure of the elastic force of any substance, expressed by the ratio of a stress on a given unit of the substance to the accompanying distortion, or strain. (b) An expression of the force (usually in terms of the height in feet or weight in pounds of a column of the same body) which would be necessary to elongate a prismatic body of a transverse section equal to a given unit, as a square inch or foot, to double, or to compress it to half, its original length, were that degree of elongation or compression possible, or within the limits of elasticity; -- called also {Young's modulus}. {Modulus of rupture}, the measure of the force necessary to break a given substance across, as a beam, expressed by eighteen times the load which is required to break a bar of one inch square, supported flatwise at two points one foot apart, and loaded in the middle between the points of support. --Rankine. | |
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d8Modulus \[d8]Mod"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Moduli}. [L., a small measure. See {Module}, n.] (Math., Mech., & Physics) A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter. {Modulus of a machine}, a formula expressing the work which a given machine can perform under the conditions involved in its construction; the relation between the work done upon a machine by the moving power, and that yielded at the working points, either constantly, if its motion be uniform, or in the interval of time which it occupies in passing from any given velocity to the same velocity again, if its motion be variable; -- called also the efficiency of the machine. --Mosley. --Rankine. {Modulus of a system of logarithms} (Math.), a number by which all the Napierian logarithms must be multiplied to obtain the logarithms in another system. {Modulus of elasticity}. (a) The measure of the elastic force of any substance, expressed by the ratio of a stress on a given unit of the substance to the accompanying distortion, or strain. (b) An expression of the force (usually in terms of the height in feet or weight in pounds of a column of the same body) which would be necessary to elongate a prismatic body of a transverse section equal to a given unit, as a square inch or foot, to double, or to compress it to half, its original length, were that degree of elongation or compression possible, or within the limits of elasticity; -- called also {Young's modulus}. {Modulus of rupture}, the measure of the force necessary to break a given substance across, as a beam, expressed by eighteen times the load which is required to break a bar of one inch square, supported flatwise at two points one foot apart, and loaded in the middle between the points of support. --Rankine. | |
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Rupture \Rup"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. F. rupture. See {Reave}, and cf. {Rout} a defeat.] 1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring. --Arbuthnot. Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. --Milton. 2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture. He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. --E. Everett. 3. (Med.) Hernia. See {Hernia}. 4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See {Explosion}. {Modulus of rupture}. (Engin.) See under {Modulus}. Syn: Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See {Fracture}. | |
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Mouthless \Mouth"less\, a. [AS. m[umac][edh]le[a0]s.] Destitute of a mouth. | |
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Mutilous \Mu"ti*lous\, a. [L. mutilus. See {Mutilate}.] Mutilated; defective; imperfect. [Obs.] | |
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Mutualism \Mu"tu*al*ism\, n. (Ethics) The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare. --F. Harrison. --H. Spencer. --Mallock. | |
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Equiangular \E`qui*an"gu*lar\, a. [Equi- + angular. Cf. {Equangular}.] Having equal angles; as, an equiangular figure; a square is equiangular. {Equiangular spiral}. (Math.) See under {Spiral}, n. {Mutually equiangular}, applied to two figures, when every angle of the one has its equal among the angles of the other. | |
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Equilateral \E`qui*lat"er*al\, a. [L. aequilateralis; aequus equal + latus, lateris, side: cf. F. [82]quilat[82]ral.] Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon. {Equilateral hyperbola} (Geom.), one whose axes are equal. {Equilateral shell} (Zo[94]l.), one in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo bisects the valve, or divides it into two equal and symmetrical parts. {Mutually equilateral}, applied to two figures, when every side of the one has its equal among the sides of the other. | |
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Mythologer \My*thol"o*ger\, n. A mythologist. | |
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Mythologian \Myth`o*lo"gi*an\, n. A mythologist. | |
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Mythologic \Myth`o*log"ic\, Mythological \Myth`o*log"ic*al\, a. [L. mythologicus: cf. F. mytholigique.] Of or pertaining to mythology or to myths; mythical; fabulous. -- {Myth`o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Mythologic \Myth`o*log"ic\, Mythological \Myth`o*log"ic*al\, a. [L. mythologicus: cf. F. mytholigique.] Of or pertaining to mythology or to myths; mythical; fabulous. -- {Myth`o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Mythologic \Myth`o*log"ic\, Mythological \Myth`o*log"ic*al\, a. [L. mythologicus: cf. F. mytholigique.] Of or pertaining to mythology or to myths; mythical; fabulous. -- {Myth`o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Mythology \My*thol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Mythologies}. [F. mythologie, L. mythologia, Gr. myqologi`a; my^qos, fable, myth + lo`gos speech, discourse.] 1. The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths. 2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks. | |
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Mythologist \My*thol"o*gist\, n. [Cf. F. mythologiste.] One versed in, or who writes on, mythology or myths. | |
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Mythologize \My*thol"o*gize\, v. i. [Cf. F. mythologiser.] 1. To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths. 2. To construct and propagate myths. | |
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Mythologizer \My*thol"o*gi`zer\, n. One who, or that which, mythologizes. Imagination has always been, and still is, in a narrower sense, the great mythologizer. --Lowell. | |
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Mythologue \Myth"o*logue\, n. [See {Mythology}.] A fabulous narrative; a myth. [R.] May we not . . . consider his history of the fall as an excellent mythologue, to account for the origin of human evil? --Geddes. | |
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Mythology \My*thol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Mythologies}. [F. mythologie, L. mythologia, Gr. myqologi`a; my^qos, fable, myth + lo`gos speech, discourse.] 1. The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths. 2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks. | |
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Orange \Or"ange\, n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[be]ranj, Per. n[be]ranj, n[be]rang; cf. Skr. n[be]ranga orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.] 1. The fruit of a tree of the genus {Citrus} ({C. Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe. Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the {bitter orange}, which is supposed to be the original stock; the {navel orange}, which has the rudiment of a second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the {blood orange}, with a reddish juice; and the {horned orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated. 2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree. 3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow. {Mandarin orange}. See {Mandarin}. {Mock orange} (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus {Philadelphus}, which have whitish and often fragrant blossoms. {Native orange}, or {Orange thorn} (Bot.), an Australian shrub ({Citriobatus parviflorus}); also, its edible yellow berries. {Orange bird} (Zo[94]l.), a tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra zena}); -- so called from its bright orange breast. {Orange cowry} (Zo[94]l.), a large, handsome cowry ({Cypr[91]a aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity. {Orange grass} (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant ({Hypericum Sarothra}), having minute, deep yellow flowers. {Orange oil} (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers. {Orange pekoe}, a kind of black tea. {Orange pippin}, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor. {Quito orange}, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of nightshade ({Solanum Quitoense}), native in Quito. {Orange scale} (Zo[94]l.) any species of scale insects which infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale ({Mytilaspis citricola}), the long scale ({M. Gloveri}), and the red scale ({Aspidiotus Aurantii}). | |
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d8Byssus \[d8]Bys"sus\, n.; pl. E. {Byssuses}; L. {Byssi}.[L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by`ssos .] 1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written also {byss} and {byssin}.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the {Pinna} and {Mytilus}, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc. 3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads. 4. Asbestus. | |
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Mussel \Mus"sel\, n. [See {Muscle}, 3.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus {Mytilus}, and related genera, of the family {Mytid[91]}. The common mussel ({Mytilus edulis}; see Illust. under {Byssus}), and the larger, or horse, mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europe. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of {Unio}, and related fresh-water genera; -- called also {river mussel}. See {Naiad}, and {Unio}. {Mussel digger} (Zo[94]l.), the grayback whale. See {Gray whale}, under {Gray}. | |
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Matlock, IA (city, FIPS 50385) Location: 43.24453 N, 95.93423 W Population (1990): 92 (36 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Matlock, WA Zip code(s): 98560 | |
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Meadow Lake, NM (CDP, FIPS 47220) Location: 34.80202 N, 106.59072 W Population (1990): 1590 (596 housing units) Area: 31.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Meadow Lakes, AK (CDP, FIPS 47735) Location: 61.62459 N, 149.60123 W Population (1990): 2374 (1311 housing units) Area: 139.4 sq km (land), 7.5 sq km (water) | |
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Meadowlakes, TX (city, FIPS 47330) Location: 30.56324 N, 98.29521 W Population (1990): 514 (254 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Metlakatla, AK (CDP, FIPS 48870) Location: 55.12455 N, 131.58063 W Population (1990): 1407 (481 housing units) Area: 20.1 sq km (land), 12.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99926 | |
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Metolius, OR (city, FIPS 47750) Location: 44.58760 N, 121.17656 W Population (1990): 450 (163 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Middle Granville, NY Zip code(s): 12849 | |
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Middle Grove, NY Zip code(s): 12850 | |
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Middle Island, NY (CDP, FIPS 46976) Location: 40.88500 N, 72.94390 W Population (1990): 7848 (3184 housing units) Area: 21.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11953 | |
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Middlegrove, IL Zip code(s): 61531 | |
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Middlesboro, KY Zip code(s): 40965 | |
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Middlesborough, KY (city, FIPS 51924) Location: 36.61320 N, 83.72237 W Population (1990): 11328 (4849 housing units) Area: 19.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Middlesex, NC (town, FIPS 42700) Location: 35.78768 N, 78.20460 W Population (1990): 730 (315 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27557 Middlesex, NJ (borough, FIPS 45900) Location: 40.57370 N, 74.50214 W Population (1990): 13055 (4920 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08846 Middlesex, NY Zip code(s): 14507 | |
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Middlesex County, CT (county, FIPS 7) Location: 41.43512 N, 72.52389 W Population (1990): 143196 (61593 housing units) Area: 956.4 sq km (land), 180.8 sq km (water) Middlesex County, MA (county, FIPS 17) Location: 42.48549 N, 71.38530 W Population (1990): 1398468 (543796 housing units) Area: 2133.0 sq km (land), 62.4 sq km (water) Middlesex County, NJ (county, FIPS 23) Location: 40.43865 N, 74.40923 W Population (1990): 671780 (250174 housing units) Area: 804.5 sq km (land), 31.1 sq km (water) Middlesex County, VA (county, FIPS 119) Location: 37.61087 N, 76.50699 W Population (1990): 8653 (5486 housing units) Area: 337.5 sq km (land), 208.4 sq km (water) | |
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Motley County, TX (county, FIPS 345) Location: 34.08474 N, 100.78928 W Population (1990): 1532 (1026 housing units) Area: 2562.6 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) | |
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Mud Lake, ID (city, FIPS 55450) Location: 43.84265 N, 112.47907 W Population (1990): 179 (80 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Metal Oxide Semiconductor in the most common kind of {Field Effect Transistor} - a {MOSFET}. [Other MOS devices?] (1996-05-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor the conducting channel is insulated from the gate terminal by a layer of oxide. Therefore it does not conduct even if a reverse voltage is applied to the gate. (1997-02-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MIT Lisp Machine {Lisp Machine} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MITILAC [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. (1998-09-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
modal logic An extension of {propositional calculus} with operators that express various "modes" of truth. Examples of modes are: necessarily A, possibly A, probably A, it has always been true that A, it is permissible that A, it is believed that A. "It is necessarily true that A" means that things being as they are, A must be true, e.g. "It is necessarily true that x=x" is TRUE while "It is necessarily true that x=y" is FALSE even though "x=y" might be TRUE. Adding modal operators [F] and [P], meaning, respectively, henceforth and hitherto leads to a "{temporal logic}". Flavours of modal logics include: {Propositional Dynamic Logic} (PDL), {Propositional Linear Temporal Logic} (PLTL), {Linear Temporal Logic} (LTL), {Computational Tree Logic} (CTL), {Hennessy-Milner Logic}, S1-S5, T. C.I. Lewis, "A Survey of Symbolic Logic", 1918, initiated the modern analysis of modality. He developed the logical systems S1-S5. JCC McKinsey used algebraic methods ({Boolean algebra}s with operators) to prove the decidability of Lewis' S2 and S4 in 1941. Saul Kripke developed the {relational semantics} for modal logics (1959, 1963). Vaughan Pratt introduced {dynamic logic} in 1976. Amir Pnuelli proposed the use of temporal logic to formalise the behaviour of continually operating {concurrent} programs in 1977. [Robert Goldblatt, "Logics of Time and Computation", CSLI Lecture Notes No. 7, Centre for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University, Second Edition, 1992, (distributed by University of Chicago Press)]. [Robert Goldblatt, "Mathematics of Modality", CSLI Lecture Notes No. 43, Centre for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University, 1993, (distributed by University of Chicago Press)]. [G.E. Hughes and M.J. Cresswell, "An Introduction to Modal Logic", Methuen, 1968]. [E.J. Lemmon (with Dana Scott), "An Introduction to Modal Logic", American Philosophical Quarterly Monograpph Series, no. 11 (ed. by Krister Segerberg), Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1977]. (1995-02-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
model checking a program (the model) satisfies a specification. The model is usually expressed as a {directed graph} consisting of {nodes} (or {vertices}) and {edges}. A set of {atomic propositions} is associated with each node. The nodes represents states of a program, the edges represent possible executions which alters the state, while the atomic propositions represent the basic properties that hold at a point of execution. A specification language, usually some kind of {temporal logic}, is used to express properties. The problem can be expressed mathematically as: given a temporal logic formula p and a model M with initial state s, decide if M,s \models p. ["Automatic verification of finite state concurrent systems using temporal logic", E.M. Clarke, E.A. Emerson, and A.P. Sisla, ACM Trans. on Programming Languages and Systems 8(2), pp. 244--263, 1986]. (1997-06-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Modelsim {FPGA}s, {CPLD}s, and {SoC}s. {Manual by Arnd Riebartsch (http://www.arieba.net/simulators.htm#ModelSim)}. (2003-07-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Modulex Based on Modula-2. Mentioned by M.P. Atkinson & J.W. Schmidt in a tutorial in Zurich, 1989. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
mutual exclusion collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the {semaphore}. (1995-04-08) |