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Main \Main\, a. [From {Main} strength, possibly influenced by OF. maine, magne, great, L. magnus. Cf. {Magnate}.] 1. Very or extremely strong. [Obs.] That current with main fury ran. --Daniel. 2. Vast; huge. [Obs.] [bd]The main abyss.[b8] --Milton. 3. Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer. [Obs.] [bd]It's a man untruth.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 4. Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc. Our main interest is to be happy as we can. --Tillotson. 5. Important; necessary. [Obs.] That which thou aright Believest so main to our success, I bring. --Milton. {By main force}, by mere force or sheer force; by violent effort; as, to subdue insurrection by main force. That Maine which by main force Warwick did win. --Shak. {By main strength}, by sheer strength; as, to lift a heavy weight by main strength. {Main beam} (Steam Engine), working beam. {Main boom} (Naut.), the boom which extends the foot of the mainsail in a fore and aft vessel. {Main brace}. (a) (Mech.) The brace which resists the chief strain. Cf. {Counter brace}. (b) (Naut.) The brace attached to the main yard. {Main center} (Steam Engine), a shaft upon which a working beam or side lever swings. {Main chance}. See under {Chance}. {Main couple} (Arch.), the principal truss in a roof. {Main deck} (Naut.), the deck next below the spar deck; the principal deck. {Main keel} (Naut.), the principal or true keel of a vessel, as distinguished from the false keel. Syn: Principal; chief; leading; cardinal; capital. | |
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Main \Main\, a. [From {Main} strength, possibly influenced by OF. maine, magne, great, L. magnus. Cf. {Magnate}.] 1. Very or extremely strong. [Obs.] That current with main fury ran. --Daniel. 2. Vast; huge. [Obs.] [bd]The main abyss.[b8] --Milton. 3. Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer. [Obs.] [bd]It's a man untruth.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 4. Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc. Our main interest is to be happy as we can. --Tillotson. 5. Important; necessary. [Obs.] That which thou aright Believest so main to our success, I bring. --Milton. {By main force}, by mere force or sheer force; by violent effort; as, to subdue insurrection by main force. That Maine which by main force Warwick did win. --Shak. {By main strength}, by sheer strength; as, to lift a heavy weight by main strength. {Main beam} (Steam Engine), working beam. {Main boom} (Naut.), the boom which extends the foot of the mainsail in a fore and aft vessel. {Main brace}. (a) (Mech.) The brace which resists the chief strain. Cf. {Counter brace}. (b) (Naut.) The brace attached to the main yard. {Main center} (Steam Engine), a shaft upon which a working beam or side lever swings. {Main chance}. See under {Chance}. {Main couple} (Arch.), the principal truss in a roof. {Main deck} (Naut.), the deck next below the spar deck; the principal deck. {Main keel} (Naut.), the principal or true keel of a vessel, as distinguished from the false keel. Syn: Principal; chief; leading; cardinal; capital. | |
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Management \Man"age*ment\, n. [From {Manage}, v.] 1. The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs. [bd]The management of the voice.[b8] --E. Porter. 2. Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement. He had great managements with ecclesiastics. --Addison. 3. Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense. Mark with what management their tribes divide Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. --Dryden. 4. The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers. Syn: Conduct; administration; government; direction; guidance; care; charge; contrivance; intrigue. | |
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Manage \Man"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Managed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Managing}.] [From {Manage}, n.] 1. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle. Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. --Sir I. Newton. What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. --Prior. 2. Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans. It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. --Addison. It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant. --Bp. Hurd. 3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action. 4. To treat with care; to husband. --Dryden. 5. To bring about; to contrive. --Shak. Syn: To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact. | |
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Manakin \Man"a*kin\, n. [Cf. F. & G. manakin; prob. the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous small birds belonging to {Pipra}, {Manacus}, and other genera of the family {Piprid[91]}. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families. | |
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Manakin \Man"a*kin\, n. A dwarf. See {Manikin}. --Shak. | |
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Manchineel \Man`chi*neel"\, n. [Sp. manzanillo, fr. manzana an apple, fr. L. malum Matianum a kind of apple. So called from its apple-like fruit.] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous tree ({Hippomane Mancinella}) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple. {Bastard manchineel}, a tree ({Cameraria latifolia}) of the East Indies, having similar poisonous properties. --Lindley. | |
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Sassy bark \Sas"sy bark`\ (Bot.) The bark of a West African leguminous tree ({Erythrophl[91]um Guineense}, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also {mancona bark}. | |
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Mancona bark \Man*co"na bark`\ See {Sassy bark}. | |
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Sassy bark \Sas"sy bark`\ (Bot.) The bark of a West African leguminous tree ({Erythrophl[91]um Guineense}, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also {mancona bark}. | |
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Mancona bark \Man*co"na bark`\ See {Sassy bark}. | |
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Manequin \Man"e*quin\, n. [See {Manikin}.] An artist's model of wood or other material. | |
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Mangan \Man"gan\, n. See {Mangonel}. | |
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Manganate \Man"ga*nate\, n. [Cf. F. manganate.] (Chem.) A salt of manganic acid. Note: The manganates are usually green, and are wellknown compounds, though derived from a hypothetical acid. | |
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Manganesate \Man`ga*ne"sate\, n. (Chem.) A manganate. [Obs.] | |
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Manganese \Man`ga*nese"\, n. [F. mangan[8a]se, It. manganese, sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf. {Magnesia}.] (Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8. Note: An alloy of manganese with iron (called ferromanganese) is used to increase the density and hardness of steel. {Black oxide of manganese}, {Manganese dioxide [or] peroxide}, or {Black manganese} (Chem.), a heavy black powder {MnO2}, occurring native as the mineral pyrolusite, and valuable as a strong oxidizer; -- called also familiarly {manganese}. It colors glass violet, and is used as a decolorizer to remove the green tint of impure glass. {Manganese bronze}, an alloy made by adding from one to two per cent of manganese to the copper and zinc used in brass. | |
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Manganese \Man`ga*nese"\, n. [F. mangan[8a]se, It. manganese, sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf. {Magnesia}.] (Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8. Note: An alloy of manganese with iron (called ferromanganese) is used to increase the density and hardness of steel. {Black oxide of manganese}, {Manganese dioxide [or] peroxide}, or {Black manganese} (Chem.), a heavy black powder {MnO2}, occurring native as the mineral pyrolusite, and valuable as a strong oxidizer; -- called also familiarly {manganese}. It colors glass violet, and is used as a decolorizer to remove the green tint of impure glass. {Manganese bronze}, an alloy made by adding from one to two per cent of manganese to the copper and zinc used in brass. | |
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Manganese \Man`ga*nese"\, n. [F. mangan[8a]se, It. manganese, sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf. {Magnesia}.] (Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8. Note: An alloy of manganese with iron (called ferromanganese) is used to increase the density and hardness of steel. {Black oxide of manganese}, {Manganese dioxide [or] peroxide}, or {Black manganese} (Chem.), a heavy black powder {MnO2}, occurring native as the mineral pyrolusite, and valuable as a strong oxidizer; -- called also familiarly {manganese}. It colors glass violet, and is used as a decolorizer to remove the green tint of impure glass. {Manganese bronze}, an alloy made by adding from one to two per cent of manganese to the copper and zinc used in brass. | |
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Manganese \Man`ga*nese"\, n. [F. mangan[8a]se, It. manganese, sasso magnesio; prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the magnet. See {Magnet}, and cf. {Magnesia}.] (Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8. Note: An alloy of manganese with iron (called ferromanganese) is used to increase the density and hardness of steel. {Black oxide of manganese}, {Manganese dioxide [or] peroxide}, or {Black manganese} (Chem.), a heavy black powder {MnO2}, occurring native as the mineral pyrolusite, and valuable as a strong oxidizer; -- called also familiarly {manganese}. It colors glass violet, and is used as a decolorizer to remove the green tint of impure glass. {Manganese bronze}, an alloy made by adding from one to two per cent of manganese to the copper and zinc used in brass. | |
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Manganese steel \Man`ga*nese" steel\ Cast steel containing a considerable percentage of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough. See {Alloy steel}, above. | |
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Manganesian \Man`ga*ne"sian\, a. [Cf. F. mangan[82]sien.] (Chem.) Manganic. [R.] | |
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Manganesic \Man`ga*ne"sic\, a. [Cf. F. mangan[82]sique.] (Chem.) Manganic. [Obs.] | |
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Manganesious \Man`ga*ne"sious\, a. (Chem.) Manganous. | |
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Manganesium \Man`ga*ne"si*um\, n. [NL.] Manganese. | |
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Manganesous \Man`ga*ne"sous\, a. (Chem.) Manganous. | |
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Manganic \Man`gan"ic\, a. [Cf. F. manganique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to resembling, or containing, manganese; specif., designating compounds in which manganese has a higher valence as contrasted with manganous compounds. Cf. {Manganous}. {Manganic acid}, an acid, {H2MnO4}, formed from manganese, analogous to sulphuric acid. | |
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Manganic \Man`gan"ic\, a. [Cf. F. manganique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to resembling, or containing, manganese; specif., designating compounds in which manganese has a higher valence as contrasted with manganous compounds. Cf. {Manganous}. {Manganic acid}, an acid, {H2MnO4}, formed from manganese, analogous to sulphuric acid. | |
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Manganiferous \Man`ga*nif"er*ous\, a. [Manganese + -ferous.] Containing manganese. | |
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Manganite \Man"ga*nite\, n. 1. (Min.) One of the oxides of manganese; -- called also {gray manganese ore}. It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black crystals, also massive. 2. (Chem.) A compound of manganese dioxide with a metallic oxide; so called as though derived from the hypothetical manganous acid. | |
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Manganium \Man*ga"ni*um\, n. [NL.] Manganese. | |
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Manganous \Man"ga*nous\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, designating, those compounds of manganese in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with manganic compounds; as, manganous oxide. {Manganous acid}, a hypothetical compound analogous to sulphurous acid, and forming the so-called manganites. | |
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Manganous \Man"ga*nous\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, designating, those compounds of manganese in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with manganic compounds; as, manganous oxide. {Manganous acid}, a hypothetical compound analogous to sulphurous acid, and forming the so-called manganites. | |
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Mange \Mange\, n. [See {Mangy}.] (Vet.) The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts. {Mange insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small parasitic mites, which burrow in the skin of cattle. horses, dogs, and other animals, causing the mange. The mange insect of the horse ({Psoroptes, [or] Dermatodectes, equi}), and that of cattle ({Symbiotes, [or] Dermatophagys, bovis}) are the most important species. See {Acarina}. | |
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Manginess \Man"gi*ness\, n. [From {Mangy}.] The condition or quality of being mangy. | |
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Mangonel \Man"go*nel\, n. [OF. mangonel, LL. manganellus, manganum, fr. Gr. [?] See {Mangle}, n.] A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins. | |
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Mangonism \Man"go*nism\, n. The art of mangonizing, or setting off to advantage. [Obs.] | |
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Mangonist \Man"go*nist\, n. 1. One who mangonizes. [Obs.] 2. A slave dealer; also, a strumpet. [Obs.] | |
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Mangonize \Man"go*nize\, v. t. [L. mangonizare, fr. mango a dealer in slaves or wares, to which he tries to give an appearance of greater value by decking them out or furbishing them up.] To furbish up for sale; to set off to advantage. [Obs. or R.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Manich91an \Man`i*ch[91]"an\, Manichean \Man`i*che"an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Manich[91]ans. | |
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Manich91an \Man`i*ch[91]"an\, Manichean \Man`i*che"an\, Manichee \Man"i*chee\, n. [LL. Manichaeus: cf. F. manich[82]en.] A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil. The Manich[91]ans stand as representatives of dualism pushed to its utmost development. --Tylor. | |
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Manich91an \Man`i*ch[91]"an\, Manichean \Man`i*che"an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Manich[91]ans. | |
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Manich91an \Man`i*ch[91]"an\, Manichean \Man`i*che"an\, Manichee \Man"i*chee\, n. [LL. Manichaeus: cf. F. manich[82]en.] A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil. The Manich[91]ans stand as representatives of dualism pushed to its utmost development. --Tylor. | |
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Manikin \Man"i*kin\, n. [OD. manneken, dim. of man man. See {Man}, and {-kin}.] 1. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin. 2. A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc. | |
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Mankind \Man`kind"\, n. [AS. mancynn. See {Kin} kindred, {Kind}, n.] 1. The human race; man, taken collectively. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pore. 2. Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race. --Lev. xviii. 22. 3. Human feelings; humanity. [Obs] --B. Jonson. | |
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Mankind \Man"kind`\, a. Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel. [Obs] Are women grown so mankind? Must they be wooing? --Beau. & Fl. Be not too mankind against your wife. --Chapman. | |
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Mannish \Man"nish\, a. [Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc.] 1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. --Chaucer. But yet it was a figure Most like to mannish creature. --Gower. 2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine. --Chaucer. A woman impudent and mannish grown. --Shak. 3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Man"nish*ly},adv. -- {Man"nish*ness}, n. | |
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Mansion \Man"sion\, n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Manse}, {Manor}, {Menagerie}, {Menial}, {Permanent}.] 1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. [Obs.] In my Father's house are many mansions. --John xiv. 2. These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep. --Den[?]am. 2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension. 3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st {House}, 8. --Chaucer. 4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. [Obs.] The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the moon. --Chaucer. {Mansion house}, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor. --Blackstone. | |
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Mansion \Man"sion\, v. i. To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] --Mede. | |
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Mansion \Man"sion\, n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Manse}, {Manor}, {Menagerie}, {Menial}, {Permanent}.] 1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. [Obs.] In my Father's house are many mansions. --John xiv. 2. These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep. --Den[?]am. 2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension. 3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st {House}, 8. --Chaucer. 4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. [Obs.] The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the moon. --Chaucer. {Mansion house}, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor. --Blackstone. | |
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Mansionary \Man"sion*a*ry\, a. Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons. | |
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Mansionry \Man"sion*ry\, n. The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a dwelling place. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Manzanilla \Man`za*nil"la\, n. (Olive Trade) A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a peculiar bitterish flavor. Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos. | |
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Manzanita \Man`za*ni"ta\, n. [Sp., dim. of munzana an apple.] (Bot.) A name given to several species of {Arctostaphylos}, but mostly to {A. glauca} and {A. pungens}, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear. | |
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Mean \Mean\, a. [OE. mene, OF. meiien, F. moyen, fr. L. medianus that is in the middle, fr. medius; akin to E. mid. See {Mid}.] 1. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes. Being of middle age and a mean stature. --Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Intermediate in excellence of any kind. According to the fittest style of lofty, mean, or lowly. --Milton. 3. (Math.) Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day. {Mean distance} (of a planet from the sun) (Astron.), the average of the distances throughout one revolution of the planet, equivalent to the semi-major axis of the orbit. {Mean error} (Math. Phys.), the average error of a number of observations found by taking the mean value of the positive and negative errors without regard to sign. {Mean-square error}, [or] {Error of the mean square} (Math. Phys.), the error the square of which is the mean of the squares of all the errors; -- called also, especially by European writers, {mean error}. {Mean line}. (Crystallog.) Same as {Bisectrix}. {Mean noon}, noon as determined by mean time. {Mean proportional} (between two numbers) (Math.), the square root of their product. {Mean sun}, a fictitious sun supposed to move uniformly in the equator so as to be on the meridian each day at mean noon. {Mean time}, time as measured by an equable motion, as of a perfect clock, or as reckoned on the supposition that all the days of the year are of a mean or uniform length, in contradistinction from apparent time, or that actually indicated by the sun, and from sidereal time, or that measured by the stars. | |
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Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, n. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall, where it was first found.] (Min.) An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also {titanic iron ore}, and {ilmenite}. | |
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Menace \Men"ace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Menaced} ([be]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Menacing}.] [OF. menacier, F. menacer. See {Menace}, n.] 1. To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war. My master . . . did menace me with death. --Shak. 2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted. By oath he menaced Revenge upon the cardinal. --Shak. | |
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Menacingly \Men"a*cing*ly\, adv. In a threatening manner. | |
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Mimic \Mim"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mimicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mimicking}.] 1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien belie. --Dryden. 2. (Biol.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage. Syn: To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock. | |
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Mince-meat \Mince"-meat`\, n. Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and raisins are added; -- used in making mince pie. | |
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Mincing \Min"cing\, a. That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety. | |
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Mincingly \Min"cing*ly\, adv. In a mincing manner; not fully; with affected nicety. | |
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Mince \Mince\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Minging}.] [AS. minsian to grow less, dwindle, fr. min small; akin to G. minder less, Goth. minniza less, mins less, adv., L. minor, adj. (cf. {Minor}); or more likely fr. F. mincer to mince, prob. from (assumed) LL. minutiare. [?][?][?][?]. See {Minish}.] 1. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat. --Bacon. 2. To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of. I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say -- [bd]I love you.[b8] --Shak. Siren, now mince the sin, And mollify damnation with a phrase. --Dryden. If, to mince his meaning, I had either omitted some part of what he said, or taken from the strength of his expression, I certainly had wronged him. --Dryden. 3. To affect; to make a parade of. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Minikin \Min"i*kin\, n. [OD. minneken a darling, dim. of minne love; akin to G. minne, and to E. mind.] 1. A little darling; a favorite; a minion. [Obs.] --Florio. 2. A little pin. [Obs.] | |
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Minikin \Min"i*kin\, a. Small; diminutive. --Shak. | |
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Minishment \Min"ish*ment\, n. The act of diminishing, or the state of being diminished; diminution. [Obs.] | |
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Minnesinger \Min"ne*sing`er\, n. [G., fr. minne love + singen to sing.] A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their verses. | |
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Mnemosyne \Mne*mos"y*ne\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] remembrance, memory, and the goddess of memory. See {Mnemonic}.] (Class Myth.) The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses. | |
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Monecian \Mo*ne"cian\, Monecious \Mo*ne"cious\, a. (Bot.) See {Mon[d2]cian}, and {Mon[d2]cious}. | |
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Monesin \Mo*ne"sin\, n. The acrid principle of Monesia, sometimes used as a medicine. | |
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{Money bill} (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue. {Money broker}, a broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called also {money changer}. {Money cowrie} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of {Cypr[91]a} (esp. {C. moneta}) formerly much used as money by savage tribes. See {Cowrie}. {Money of account}, a denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in the United States, but not a coin. {Money order}, an order for the payment of money; specifically, a government order for the payment of money, issued at one post office as payable at another; -- called also {postal money order}. | |
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Monishment \Mon"ish*ment\, n. Admonition. [Archaic] | |
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Monism \Mon"ism\, n. [From Gr. [?] single.] 1. (Metaph.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism. Note: The doctrine has been held in three generic forms: matter and its phenomena have been explained as a modification of mind, involving an idealistic monism; or mind has been explained by and resolved into matter, giving a materialistic monism; or, thirdly, matter, mind, and their phenomena have been held to be manifestations or modifications of some one substance, like the substance of Spinoza, or a supposed unknown something of some evolutionists, which is capable of an objective and subjective aspect. 2. (Biol.) See {Monogenesis}, 1. | |
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Monogenesis \Mon`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Mono- + genesis.] 1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to {polygenesis}. Called also {monism}. --Dana. --Haeckel. 2. (Biol.) That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. --Haeckel. 3. (Biol.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to {metagenesis}. --E. van Beneden. | |
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Monism \Mon"ism\, n. The doctrine that the universe is an organized unitary being or total self-inclusive structure. Monism means that the whole of reality, i.e., everything that is, constitutes one inseparable and indicisible entirety. Monism accordingly is a unitary conception of the world. It always bears in mind that our words are abstracts representing parts or features of the One and All, and not separate existences. Not only are matter and mind, soul and body, abstracts, but also such scientific terms as atoms and molecules, and also religious terms such as God and world. --Paul Carus. | |
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Monism \Mon"ism\, n. [From Gr. [?] single.] 1. (Metaph.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism. Note: The doctrine has been held in three generic forms: matter and its phenomena have been explained as a modification of mind, involving an idealistic monism; or mind has been explained by and resolved into matter, giving a materialistic monism; or, thirdly, matter, mind, and their phenomena have been held to be manifestations or modifications of some one substance, like the substance of Spinoza, or a supposed unknown something of some evolutionists, which is capable of an objective and subjective aspect. 2. (Biol.) See {Monogenesis}, 1. | |
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Monogenesis \Mon`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Mono- + genesis.] 1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to {polygenesis}. Called also {monism}. --Dana. --Haeckel. 2. (Biol.) That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. --Haeckel. 3. (Biol.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to {metagenesis}. --E. van Beneden. | |
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Monism \Mon"ism\, n. The doctrine that the universe is an organized unitary being or total self-inclusive structure. Monism means that the whole of reality, i.e., everything that is, constitutes one inseparable and indicisible entirety. Monism accordingly is a unitary conception of the world. It always bears in mind that our words are abstracts representing parts or features of the One and All, and not separate existences. Not only are matter and mind, soul and body, abstracts, but also such scientific terms as atoms and molecules, and also religious terms such as God and world. --Paul Carus. | |
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Monism \Mon"ism\, n. [From Gr. [?] single.] 1. (Metaph.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism. Note: The doctrine has been held in three generic forms: matter and its phenomena have been explained as a modification of mind, involving an idealistic monism; or mind has been explained by and resolved into matter, giving a materialistic monism; or, thirdly, matter, mind, and their phenomena have been held to be manifestations or modifications of some one substance, like the substance of Spinoza, or a supposed unknown something of some evolutionists, which is capable of an objective and subjective aspect. 2. (Biol.) See {Monogenesis}, 1. | |
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Monogenesis \Mon`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Mono- + genesis.] 1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to {polygenesis}. Called also {monism}. --Dana. --Haeckel. 2. (Biol.) That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. --Haeckel. 3. (Biol.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to {metagenesis}. --E. van Beneden. | |
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Monism \Mon"ism\, n. The doctrine that the universe is an organized unitary being or total self-inclusive structure. Monism means that the whole of reality, i.e., everything that is, constitutes one inseparable and indicisible entirety. Monism accordingly is a unitary conception of the world. It always bears in mind that our words are abstracts representing parts or features of the One and All, and not separate existences. Not only are matter and mind, soul and body, abstracts, but also such scientific terms as atoms and molecules, and also religious terms such as God and world. --Paul Carus. | |
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Monking \Monk"ing\, a. Monkish. [R.] --Coleridge. | |
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Monk's seam \Monk's" seam`\ (Naut.) An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches. | |
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Monogam \Mon"o*gam\, n. (Bot.) One of the Monogamia. | |
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Monogamian \Mon`o*ga"mi*an\, Monogamic \Mon`o*gam"ic\, a. [See {Monogamous}.] 1. Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy. 2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers. | |
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Monogamian \Mon`o*ga"mi*an\, Monogamic \Mon`o*gam"ic\, a. [See {Monogamous}.] 1. Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy. 2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers. | |
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Monogamist \Mo*nog"a*mist\, n. One who practices or upholds monogamy. --Goldsmith. | |
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Monogamous \Mo*nog"a*mous\, a. [L. monogamus having but one wife, Gr. [?]; [?] single + [?] marriage.] 1. Upholding, or practicing, monogamy. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Monogamian}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Mating with but one of the opposite sex; -- said of birds and mammals. | |
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Monogamy \Mo*nog"a*my\, n. [L. monogamia, Gr. [?]: cf. F. monogamie.] 1. Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to {polygamy}. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to {deuterogamy}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) State of being paired with a single mate. | |
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Monogenesis \Mon`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Mono- + genesis.] 1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to {polygenesis}. Called also {monism}. --Dana. --Haeckel. 2. (Biol.) That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. --Haeckel. 3. (Biol.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to {metagenesis}. --E. van Beneden. | |
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Monogenetic \Mon`o*ge*net"ic\, a. [See {Monogenesis}.] 1. (Geol.) One in genesis; resulting from one process of formation; -- used of a mountain range. --Dana. 2. (Biol.) Relating to, or involving, monogenesis; as, the monogenetic school of physiologists, who admit but one cell as the source of all beings. | |
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Monogenic \Mon`o*gen"ic\, a. 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to monogenesis. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Producing only one kind of germs, or young; developing only in one way. | |
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Monogenism \Mo*nog"e*nism\, n. (Anthropol.) The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species. | |
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Monogenist \Mo*nog"e*nist\, n. (Anthropol.) One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; -- opposed to {polygenist}. | |
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Monogenistic \Mon`o*ge*nis"tic\, a. Monogenic. | |
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Monogenous \Mo*nog"e*nous\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to monogenesis; as, monogenous, or asexual, reproduction. | |
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Monogeny \Mo*nog"e*ny\, n. 1. Monogenesis. 2. (Anthropol.) The doctrine that the members of the human race have all a common origin. | |
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Monogoneutic \Mon`o*go*neu"tic\, a. [Mono- + Gr. [?] offspring.] (Zo[94]l.) Having but one brood in a season. | |
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Monogyn \Mon"o*gyn\, n. (Bot.) One of the Monogynia. | |
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Monogynian \Mon`o*gyn"i*an\, a. (Bot.) Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous. -- n. One of the Monogynia. | |
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Monogynous \Mo*nog"y*nous\, a. [Cf. F. monogyne.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma. | |
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Monogyny \Mo*nog"y*ny\, n. [See {Monogynia}.] 1. Marriage with the one woman only. 2. (Bot.) The state or condition of being monogynous. | |
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Monoousian \Mon`o*ou"si*an\, Monoousious \Mon`o*ou"si*ous\, a. [Mono- + Gr. [?] being, substance, essence.] (Theil.) Having but one and the same nature or essence. | |
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Monosymmetric \Mon`o*sym*met"ric\, Monosymmetrical \Mon`o*sym*met"ric*al\, a. [Mono- + symmetric, -ical.] (Crystallog.) Same as {Monoclinic}. | |
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Monosymmetric \Mon`o*sym*met"ric\, Monosymmetrical \Mon`o*sym*met"ric*al\, a. [Mono- + symmetric, -ical.] (Crystallog.) Same as {Monoclinic}. | |
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Monsoon \Mon*soon"\, n. [Malay m[umac]sim, fr. Ar. mausim a time, season: cf. F. monson, mousson, Sr. monzon, Pg. mon[87][ee]o, It. monsone.] A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December. | |
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Moonshine \Moon"shine`\, n. 1. The light of the moon. 2. Hence, show without substance or reality. 3. A month. [R.] --Shak. 4. A preparation of eggs for food. [Obs.] | |
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Moonshine \Moon"shine`\, a. Moonlight. [R.] --Clarendon. | |
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Moonshine \Moon"shine`\, n. Liquor smuggled or illicitly distilled. [Dial. Eng., & Colloq. or Slang, U. S.] | |
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Moonshine \Moon"shine`\, a. 1. Empty; trivial; idle. 2. Designating, or pertaining to, illicit liquor; as, moonshine whisky. [Dial. Eng., & Colloq. or Slang, U. S.] | |
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Moonshiner \Moon"shin`er\, n. A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night. [Cant, U.S.] | |
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Moonshining \Moon"shin`ing\, n. Illicit distilling. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.] | |
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Moonshiny \Moon"shin`y\, a. Moonlight. [Colloq.] I went to see them in a moonshiny night. --Addison. | |
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Mowing \Mow"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows. 2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. {Mowing machine}, an agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It is drawn by a horse or horses, or propelled by steam. | |
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Mum-chance \Mum"-chance`\, a. Silent and idle. [Colloq.] Boys can't sit mum-chance always. --J. H. Ewing. | |
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Mum-chance \Mum"-chance`\, n. 1. A game of hazard played with cards in silence. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Decker. 2. A silent, stupid person. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Munch \Munch\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Munched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Munching}.] [Prob. akin to mumble: cf. also F. manger to eat (cf. {Mange}), and m[83]cher to cher (cf. {Masticate}). See {Mumble}.] To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls. [Formerly written also {maunch} and {mounch}.] I could munch your good dry oats. --Shak. | |
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Mynchen \Myn"chen\, n. [AS. mynecen, fr. munec monk. See {Monk}.] A nun. [Obs.] | |
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Manquin, VA Zip code(s): 23106 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Manson, IA (city, FIPS 48990) Location: 42.52867 N, 94.53926 W Population (1990): 1844 (834 housing units) Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50563 Manson, NC Zip code(s): 27553 Manson, WA Zip code(s): 98831 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Manzanita, OR (city, FIPS 45700) Location: 45.71729 N, 123.93358 W Population (1990): 513 (695 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Manzanola, CO (town, FIPS 48500) Location: 38.10878 N, 103.86616 W Population (1990): 437 (190 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81058 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Menoken, ND Zip code(s): 58558 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Miami County, IN (county, FIPS 103) Location: 40.76887 N, 86.04829 W Population (1990): 36897 (14639 housing units) Area: 973.2 sq km (land), 4.2 sq km (water) Miami County, KS (county, FIPS 121) Location: 38.56466 N, 94.83353 W Population (1990): 23466 (8971 housing units) Area: 1493.8 sq km (land), 34.8 sq km (water) Miami County, OH (county, FIPS 109) Location: 40.05352 N, 84.22839 W Population (1990): 93182 (35985 housing units) Area: 1054.2 sq km (land), 5.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Minnehaha County, SD (county, FIPS 99) Location: 43.68146 N, 96.78590 W Population (1990): 123809 (49780 housing units) Area: 2095.8 sq km (land), 11.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Minnewaukan, ND (city, FIPS 53220) Location: 48.06985 N, 99.25010 W Population (1990): 401 (203 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58351 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Monessen, PA (city, FIPS 50344) Location: 40.15222 N, 79.88220 W Population (1990): 9901 (4902 housing units) Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15062 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mongmong, GU (CDP, FIPS 50800) Location: 13.47057 N, 144.76521 E Population (1990): 2346 (729 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Monhegan, ME Zip code(s): 04852 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mono County, CA (county, FIPS 51) Location: 37.91055 N, 118.87397 W Population (1990): 9956 (10664 housing units) Area: 7885.2 sq km (land), 226.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Monson, MA Zip code(s): 01057 Monson, ME Zip code(s): 04464 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Monson Center, MA (CDP, FIPS 42180) Location: 42.09707 N, 72.31041 W Population (1990): 2101 (904 housing units) Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Munising, MI (city, FIPS 56200) Location: 46.41703 N, 86.64122 W Population (1990): 2783 (1268 housing units) Area: 13.9 sq km (land), 9.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Munson, PA Zip code(s): 16860 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Munsons Corners, NY (CDP, FIPS 49242) Location: 42.58006 N, 76.20526 W Population (1990): 2436 (1055 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Munsonville, NH Zip code(s): 03457 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
management n. 1. Corporate power elites distinguished primarily by their distance from actual productive work and their chronic failure to manage (see also {suit}). Spoken derisively, as in "_Management_ decided that ...". 2. Mythically, a vast bureaucracy responsible for all the world's minor irritations. Hackers' satirical public notices are often signed `The Mgt'; this derives from the "Illuminatus" novels (see the {Bibliography} in Appendix C). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
munching n. Exploration of security holes of someone else's computer for thrills, notoriety, or to annoy the system manager. Compare {cracker}. See also {hacked off}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
munching squares n. A {display hack} dating back to the PDP-1 (ca. 1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which employs a trivial computation (repeatedly plotting the graph Y = X XOR T for successive values of T -- see {HAKMEM} items 146-148) to produce an impressive display of moving and growing squares that devour the screen. The initial value of T is treated as a parameter, which, when well-chosen, can produce amazing effects. Some of these, later (re)discovered on the LISP machine, have been christened `munching triangles' (try AND for XOR and toggling points instead of plotting them), `munching w's', and `munching mazes'. More generally, suppose a graphics program produces an impressive and ever-changing display of some basic form, foo, on a display terminal, and does it using a relatively simple program; then the program (or the resulting display) is likely to be referred to as `munching foos'. [This is a good example of the use of the word {foo} as a {metasyntactic variable}.] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
management 1. Corporate power elites distinguished primarily by their distance from actual productive work and their chronic failure to manage (see also {suit}). Spoken derisively, as in "*Management* decided that ...". 2. Mythically, a vast bureaucracy responsible for all the world's minor irritations. Hackers' satirical public notices are often signed "The Mgt"; this derives from the "Illuminatus!" novels. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Management Information Base (MIB) A {database} of managed objects acessed by {network management} {protocol}s. An {SNMP} MIB is a set of parameters which an {SNMP} {management station} can query or set in the {SNMP agent} of a network device (e.g. {router}). {SNMP} has two {standard} MIBs. The first, MIB I, was established in {RFC 1156}, was defined to manage {TCP/IP}-based {internet}s. MIB II, defined in {RFC 1213}, is basically an update to MIB I. Standard minimal MIBs have been defined, and many hardware (and certain software, e.g. {DBMS}) providers have developed private MIBs in {ASN.1} format allowing them to be compiled for use in a {Nework Management System}. In theory, any {SNMP manager} can talk to any {SNMP agent} with a properly defined MIB. See also {client-server model}. (1994-11-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Management Information System {mainframe} or {minicomputer}, designed to provide management personnel with up-to-date information on an organisation's performance, e.g. inventory and sales. These systems output information in a form that is useable by managers at all levels of the organisation: strategic, tactical, and operational. A good example of an MIS report is an annual report for a stockholder (a scheduled report). [Que's Computer User's Dictionary Second Edition, 1992]. (2001-04-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
minicomputer smaller and less powerful than a {mainframe}, typically about the size and shape of a wardrobe, mounted in a single tall rack. Minicomputers were characterised by short {word} lengths of 8 to 32 {bit}s, limited hardware and software facilities and small physical size. Their low cost made them suitable for a wide variety of applications such as industrial control, where a small, dedicated computer which is permanently assigned to one application, is needed. In recent years, improvements in device technology have resulted in minicomputers which are comparable in performance to large {second generation computers} and greatly exceed the performance of {first generation} {computers}. The processor was typically built using low integration logic {integrated circuits} - {TTL} or maybe {ECL}, thus distinguishing it from a {microcomputer} which is built around a {microprocessor} - a processor on a single (or maybe a few) ICs. {DEC}'s {PDP-1} was the first minicomputer and their {PDP-11} was the most successful, closely followed (in both time and success) by the {VAX} (which {DEC} called a "{super minicomputer}"). Another early minicomputer was the {LINC} developed at {MIT} in 1963. Other minicomputers were the {AS/400}, the {PRIME} series, the {AP-3}, {Olivetti}'s {Audit 7} and the {Interdata 8/32}. [Others?] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
minus infinity The most negative value, not necessarily or even usually the simple negation of plus {infinity}. In N bit twos-complement arithmetic, infinity is 2^(N-1) - 1 but minus infinity is -(2^(N-1)), not -(2^(N-1) - 1). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
munching Exploration of security holes of someone else's computer for thrills, notoriety or to annoy the system manager. Compare {cracker}. See also {hacked off}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
munching squares A {display hack} dating back to the {PDP-1} (ca. 1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which employs a trivial computation (repeatedly plotting the graph Y = X XOR T for successive values of T - see {HAKMEM} items 146--148) to produce an impressive display of moving and growing squares that devour the screen. The initial value of T is treated as a parameter, which, when well-chosen, can produce amazing effects. Some of these, later (re)discovered on the {LISP Machine}, have been christened "munching triangles" (try AND for XOR and toggling points instead of plotting them), "munching w's", and "munching mazes". More generally, suppose a graphics program produces an impressive and ever-changing display of some basic form, foo, on a display terminal, and does it using a relatively simple program; then the program (or the resulting display) is likely to be referred to as "munching foos". [This is a good example of the use of the word {foo} as a {metasyntactic variable}.] | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
manganese Symbol: Mn Atomic number: 25 Atomic weight: 54.938 Grey brittle metallic transition element. Rather electropositive, combines with some non-metals when heated. Discovered in 1774 by Scheele. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Memucan dignified, one of the royal counsellors at the court of Ahasuerus, by whose suggestion Vashti was divorced (Esther 1:14, 16, 21). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Mincing (Heb. taphoph, Isa. 3:16), taking affectedly short and quick steps. Luther renders the word by "wag" or "waggle," thus representing "the affected gait of coquettish females." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Money-changer (Matt. 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15). Every Israelite from twenty years and upwards had to pay (Ex. 30:13-15) into the sacred treasury half a shekel every year as an offering to Jehovah, and that in the exact Hebrew half-shekel piece. There was a class of men, who frequented the temple courts, who exchanged at a certain premium foreign moneys for these half-shekels to the Jews who came up to Jerusalem from all parts of the world. (See {PASSOVER}.) When our Lord drove the traffickers out of the temple, these money-changers fared worst. Their tables were overturned and they themselves were expelled. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Memucan, impoverished; to prepare; certain; true |