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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Marian \Ma"ri*an\, a. Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII. Of all the Marian martyrs, Mr. Philpot was the best-born gentleman. --Fuller. {Maid Marian}. See {Maidmarian} in the Vocabulary. | |
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Maidenhair \Maid"en*hair`\, n. (Bot.) A fern of the genus {Adiantum} ({A. pedatum}), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair. {Maiden grass}, the smaller quaking grass. {Maiden tree}. See {Ginkgo}. | |
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Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. {Ginkgoes}. [Chin., silver fruit.] (Bot.) A large ornamental tree ({Ginkgo biloba}) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of {Conifer[91]}. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the {maidenhair tree}. | |
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Maidmarian \Maid`ma"ri*an\, n. [Maid + Marian, relating to Mary, or the Virgin Mary.] 1. The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman's clothes. 2. A kind of dance. --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Maoadam road \Mao*ad"am road`\ [See {Macadamize}.] A macadamized road. | |
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Mattamore \Mat"ta*more`\, n. [F. matamore, from Ar. matm[?]ra.] A subterranean repository for wheat. | |
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Metamer \Met"a*mer\, n. [See {Metamere}.] (Chem.) Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance, or of different substances having the same composition; as, xylene has three metamers, viz., orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene. | |
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Metamere \Met"a*mere\, n. [Pref. meta- + -mere.] (Biol.) One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; a somite. See Illust. of {Loeven's larva}. | |
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Metameric \Met`a*mer"ic\, a. [Pref. meta- + Gr. [?] part.] 1. (Chem.) Having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing a different structure and different properties; as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See {Isomeric}. Note: The existence of metameric compounds is due to the different arrangement of the same constituents in the molecule. 2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation; as, metameric segmentation. | |
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Metamerically \Met`a*mer"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a metameric manner. | |
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Metamerism \Me*tam"er*ism\, n. 1. (Biol.) The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres. 2. (Chem.) The state or quality of being metameric; also, the relation or condition of metameric compounds. | |
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Metamorphic \Met`a*mor"phic\, a. [See {Metamorphosis}.] 1. Subject to change; changeable; variable. 2. Causing a change of structure. 3. (Geol.) Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since their original deposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks. | |
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Metamorphism \Met`a*mor"phism\, n. (Geol.) The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble. --Murchison. | |
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Metamorphist \Met`a*mor"phist\, n. (Eccl.) One who believes that the body of Christ was merged into the Deity when he ascended. | |
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Metamorphize \Met`a*mor"phize\, v. t. To metamorphose. | |
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Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Metamorphosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metamorphosing}.] [Cf. F. m[82]tamorphoser.] To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute. And earth was metamorphosed into man. --Dryden. | |
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Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]tamorphose. See {Metamorphosis}.] Same as {Metamorphosis}. | |
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Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Metamorphosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metamorphosing}.] [Cf. F. m[82]tamorphoser.] To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute. And earth was metamorphosed into man. --Dryden. | |
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Metamorphoser \Met`a*mor"pho*ser\, n. One who metamorphoses. [R.] --Gascoigne. | |
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Metamorphosis \Met`a*mor"pho*sis\, n.; pl. {Metamorphoses}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be transformed; [?] beyond, over + [?] form.] 1. Change of form, or structure; transformation. 2. (Biol.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See {Transformation}. 3. (Physiol.) The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism. {Vegetable metamorphosis} (Bot.), the doctrine that flowers are homologous with leaf buds, and that the floral organs are transformed leaves. | |
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Metamorphosic \Met`a*mor"pho*sic\, a. Changing the form; transforming. [R.] --Pownall. | |
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Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Metamorphosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metamorphosing}.] [Cf. F. m[82]tamorphoser.] To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute. And earth was metamorphosed into man. --Dryden. | |
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Metamorphosis \Met`a*mor"pho*sis\, n.; pl. {Metamorphoses}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be transformed; [?] beyond, over + [?] form.] 1. Change of form, or structure; transformation. 2. (Biol.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See {Transformation}. 3. (Physiol.) The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism. {Vegetable metamorphosis} (Bot.), the doctrine that flowers are homologous with leaf buds, and that the floral organs are transformed leaves. | |
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Motioner \Mo"tion*er\, n. One who makes a motion; a mover. --Udall. | |
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Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS. m[umac][edh]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[umac][edh], G. mund, Icel. mu[edh]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m[umac]la, Icel. m[umac]li, and Skr. mukha mouth.] 1. The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity. 2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; as: (a) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc. (b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den. (c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged. (d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged. (e) The entrance into a harbor. 3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal. 4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece. Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives. --Addison. 5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] --Dryden. 6. Speech; language; testimony. That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. --Matt. xviii. 16. 7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow. Counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. --Shak. {Down in the mouth}, chapfallen; of dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or Colloq.] {Mouth friend}, one who professes friendship insincerely. --Shak. {Mouth glass}, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or teeth. {Mouth honor}, honor given in words, but not felt. --Shak. {Mouth organ}. (Mus.) (a) Pan's pipes. See {Pandean}. (b) An harmonicon. {Mouth pipe}, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the escaping air and make a sound. {To stop the mouth}, to silence or be silent; to put to shame; to confound. The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. --Ps. lxiii. 11. Whose mouths must be stopped. --Titus i. 11. | |
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Mutineer \Mu"ti*neer`\, n. [See {Mutiny}.] One guilty of mutiny. | |
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Maiden Rock, WI (village, FIPS 48175) Location: 44.56784 N, 92.30836 W Population (1990): 146 (86 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54750 | |
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Matamoras, OH (village, FIPS 48286) Location: 39.51863 N, 81.07047 W Population (1990): 1002 (447 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Matamoras, PA (borough, FIPS 48048) Location: 41.36642 N, 74.70005 W Population (1990): 1934 (921 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18336 | |
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Metamora, IL (village, FIPS 48606) Location: 40.79208 N, 89.36365 W Population (1990): 2520 (942 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61548 Metamora, IN Zip code(s): 47030 Metamora, MI (village, FIPS 53340) Location: 42.94121 N, 83.29057 W Population (1990): 447 (156 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48455 Metamora, OH (village, FIPS 49238) Location: 41.71110 N, 83.90804 W Population (1990): 543 (209 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43540 | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
meitnerium Symbol: Mt Atomic number: 109 Atomic weight: (266) Half-life of approximately 5ms. The creation of this element demonstrated that fusion techniques could indeed be used to make new, heavy nuclei. Made and identified by physicists of the Heavy Ion Research Laboratory, Darmstadt, West Germany in 1982. Named in honor of Lise Meitner the Austrian physicist. |