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   mediated
         adj 1: acting or brought about through an intervening agency;
                  "the mediated settlement brought satisfaction to both
                  sides"

English Dictionary: meted out by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meditate
v
  1. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
    Synonym(s): chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
  2. think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study"
    Synonym(s): study, meditate, contemplate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meditation
n
  1. continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"
    Synonym(s): meditation, speculation
  2. (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meditative
adj
  1. deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
    Synonym(s): brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meditatively
adv
  1. in a meditative manner; "round and round, while meditatively, as a cow chewing the cud, he let his eyes rest on the flat water ahead of him"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meditativeness
n
  1. deep serious thoughtfulness [syn: pensiveness, meditativeness, contemplativeness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metadata
n
  1. data about data; "a library catalog is metadata because it describes publications"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meted out
adj
  1. given out in portions [syn: apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mad-headed \Mad"-head`ed\, a.
      Wild; crack-brained.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mediate \Me"di*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mediated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Mediating}.] [LL. mediatus, p. p. of mediare to
      mediate. See {Mediate}, a.]
      1. To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene. [R.]
  
      2. To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each,
            esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or
            agreement; as, to mediate between nations.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meditate \Med"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Meditated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Meditating}.] [L. meditatus, p. p. of meditari to
      meditate; cf. Gr. [?] to learn, E. mind.]
      To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on
      anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to
      cogitate; to reflect. --Jer. Taylor.
  
               In his law doth he meditate day and night. --Ps. i. 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meditate \Med"i*tate\, v. t.
      1. To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study.
            [bd]Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things.[b8]
            --Ecclus. xiv. 20.
  
      2. To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in
            the mind; as, to meditate a war.
  
                     I meditate to pass the remainder of life in a state
                     of undisturbed repose.                        --Washington.
  
      Syn: To consider; ponder; weigh; revolve; study.
  
      Usage: To {Meditate}, {Contemplate}, {Intend}. We meditate a
                  design when we are looking out or waiting for the
                  means of its accomplishment; we contemplate it when
                  the means are at hand, and our decision is nearly or
                  quite made. To intend is stronger, implying that we
                  have decided to act when an opportunity may offer. A
                  general meditates an attack upon the enemy; he
                  contemplates or intends undertaking it at the earliest
                  convenient season.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meditate \Med"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Meditated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Meditating}.] [L. meditatus, p. p. of meditari to
      meditate; cf. Gr. [?] to learn, E. mind.]
      To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on
      anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to
      cogitate; to reflect. --Jer. Taylor.
  
               In his law doth he meditate day and night. --Ps. i. 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meditate \Med"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Meditated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Meditating}.] [L. meditatus, p. p. of meditari to
      meditate; cf. Gr. [?] to learn, E. mind.]
      To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on
      anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to
      cogitate; to reflect. --Jer. Taylor.
  
               In his law doth he meditate day and night. --Ps. i. 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meditation \Med`i*ta"tion\, n. [OE. meditacioun, F.
      m[82]ditation, fr. L. meditatio.]
      1. The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the
            turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious
            contemplation; reflection; musing.
  
                     Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my
                     heart be acceptable in thy sight.      --Ps. xix. 14.
  
      2. Thought; -- without regard to kind. [Obs.]
  
                     With wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of
                     love.                                                --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meditatist \Med"i*ta`tist\, n.
      One who is given to meditation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meditative \Med"i*ta*tive\, a. [L. meditativus: cf. F.
      m[82]ditatif.]
      Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man;
      a meditative mood. -- {Med"i*ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
      {Med"i*ta*tive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meditative \Med"i*ta*tive\, a. [L. meditativus: cf. F.
      m[82]ditatif.]
      Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man;
      a meditative mood. -- {Med"i*ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
      {Med"i*ta*tive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meditative \Med"i*ta*tive\, a. [L. meditativus: cf. F.
      m[82]ditatif.]
      Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man;
      a meditative mood. -- {Med"i*ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
      {Med"i*ta*tive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metathetic \Met`a*thet"ic\, Metathetical \Met`a*thet"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to metathesis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metathetic \Met`a*thet"ic\, Metathetical \Met`a*thet"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to metathesis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metatitanic \Met`a*ti*tan"ic\, a. [Pref. meta- + titanic.]
      (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of titanium
      analogous to metasilicic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Titanic \Ti*tan"ic\, a. [Cf. F. titanique.] (Chem.)
      Of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing,
      titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of
      titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with
      the {titanous} compounds.
  
      {Titanic acid} (Chem.), a white amorphous powder, {Ti.(OH)4},
            obtained by decomposing certain titanates; -- called also
            {normal titanic acid}. By extension, any one of a series
            of derived acids, called also {metatitanic acid},
            {polytitanic acid}, etc.
  
      {Titanic iron ore}. (Min.) See {Menaccanite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muddy-headed \Mud"dy-head`ed\, a.
      Dull; stupid.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Metadata
  
      (Note: One unhyphenated word with initial capital;
      contrast {meta data}) A word coined by Jack E. Myers to
      represent current and future lines of products implementing
      the concepts of his {MetaModel}, and also to designate his
      company {The Metadata Company} that would develop and market
      those products.
  
      A data and publication search performed when Myers coined the
      term, early in the summer of 1969, did not discover any use
      either of the word "metadata" or "meta data".   Myers used the
      term in a 1973 product brochure and it is an Incontestable
      registered U.S. Trademark.
  
      (1997-04-06)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   meta-data
  
      /me't*-day`t*/, or combinations of /may'-/ or
      (Commonwealth) /mee'-/; /-dah`t*/ (Or "meta data") Data about
      {data}.   In {data processing}, meta-data is definitional data
      that provides information about or documentation of other data
      managed within an application or environment.
  
      For example, meta-data would document data about {data
      elements} or {attributes}, (name, size, data type, etc) and
      data about {records} or {data structures} (length, fields,
      columns, etc) and data about data (where it is located, how it
      is associated, ownership, etc.).   Meta-data may include
      descriptive information about the context, quality and
      condition, or characteristics of the data.
  
      Not to be confused with {Metadata}.
  
      (1997-04-06)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Metadata
  
      (Note: One unhyphenated word with initial capital;
      contrast {meta data}) A word coined by Jack E. Myers to
      represent current and future lines of products implementing
      the concepts of his {MetaModel}, and also to designate his
      company {The Metadata Company} that would develop and market
      those products.
  
      A data and publication search performed when Myers coined the
      term, early in the summer of 1969, did not discover any use
      either of the word "metadata" or "meta data".   Myers used the
      term in a 1973 product brochure and it is an Incontestable
      registered U.S. Trademark.
  
      (1997-04-06)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   meta-data
  
      /me't*-day`t*/, or combinations of /may'-/ or
      (Commonwealth) /mee'-/; /-dah`t*/ (Or "meta data") Data about
      {data}.   In {data processing}, meta-data is definitional data
      that provides information about or documentation of other data
      managed within an application or environment.
  
      For example, meta-data would document data about {data
      elements} or {attributes}, (name, size, data type, etc) and
      data about {records} or {data structures} (length, fields,
      columns, etc) and data about data (where it is located, how it
      is associated, ownership, etc.).   Meta-data may include
      descriptive information about the context, quality and
      condition, or characteristics of the data.
  
      Not to be confused with {Metadata}.
  
      (1997-04-06)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Metadata Information Partners
  
      {The Metadata Company}
  
  
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