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   map maker
         n 1: a person who makes maps [syn: {cartographer}, {map maker}]

English Dictionary: moving-picture show by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mapinguari
n
  1. supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mapmaking
n
  1. the making of maps and charts [syn: mapmaking, cartography]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mapping
n
  1. (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
    Synonym(s): function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping
  2. (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
    Synonym(s): mapping, chromosome mapping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mopping
n
  1. cleaning with a mop; "he gave it a good mopping" [syn: swabbing, mopping]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
movie maker
n
  1. a producer of motion pictures [syn: film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
movie making
n
  1. the production of movies [syn: moviemaking, {movie making}, film making]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moviemaking
n
  1. the production of movies [syn: moviemaking, {movie making}, film making]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moving
adj
  1. in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine"
    Antonym(s): nonmoving, unmoving
  2. arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne
    Antonym(s): unmoving
  3. used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion; "Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'"
    Antonym(s): still
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moving company
n
  1. a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
    Synonym(s): mover, public mover, moving company, removal firm, removal company
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moving expense
n
  1. the cost of moving your residence from one location to another
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moving in
n
  1. the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
    Synonym(s): occupation, occupancy, moving in
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moving picture
n
  1. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
    Synonym(s): movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moving ridge
n
  1. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
    Synonym(s): wave, moving ridge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moving staircase
n
  1. a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
    Synonym(s): escalator, moving staircase, moving stairway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moving stairway
n
  1. a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
    Synonym(s): escalator, moving staircase, moving stairway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moving van
n
  1. a van used for moving home or office furniture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moving-coil galvanometer
n
  1. a galvanometer that is operated by the force exerted by an electric current flowing in a movable coil suspended in a magnetic field
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moving-picture show
n
  1. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
    Synonym(s): movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
movingly
adv
  1. in a moving manner; "she sang movingly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Map \Map\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mapping}.]
      To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and
      map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent
      or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan;
      as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.
  
               I am near to the place where they should meet, if
               Pisanio have mapped it truly.                  --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mob \Mob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mobbing}.]
      To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a
      house or a person.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mope \Mope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Moping}.] [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.]
      To be dull and spiritless. [bd]Moping melancholy.[b8]
      --Milton.
  
               A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mop \Mop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mopping}.]
      To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a
      floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Move \Move\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Moving}.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F. mouvoir, L. movere; cf.
      Gr. [?] to change, exchange, go in or out, quit, Skr. m[c6]v,
      p. p. m[umac]ta, to move, push. Cf. {Emotion}, {Mew} to molt,
      {Mob}, {Mutable}, {Mutiny}.]
      1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set
            in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place
            to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a
            vessel; the horse moves a carriage.
  
      2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from
            one space or position to another, according to the rules
            of the game; as, to move a king.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moving \Mov"ing\, a.
      1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
            moving car, or power.
  
      2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the
            sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic;
            as, a moving appeal.
  
                     I sang an old moving story.               --Coleridge.
  
      {Moving force} (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or
            deflects the motion of a body.
  
      {Moving plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium
            gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a
            distinct automatic motion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moving \Mov"ing\, n.
      The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of
      changing one's dwelling place or place of business.
  
      {Moving day}, a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large
            number of tenants change their dwelling place.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moving \Mov"ing\, n.
      The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of
      changing one's dwelling place or place of business.
  
      {Moving day}, a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large
            number of tenants change their dwelling place.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moving \Mov"ing\, a.
      1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
            moving car, or power.
  
      2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the
            sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic;
            as, a moving appeal.
  
                     I sang an old moving story.               --Coleridge.
  
      {Moving force} (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or
            deflects the motion of a body.
  
      {Moving plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium
            gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a
            distinct automatic motion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moving picture \Moving picture\
      A series of pictures, usually photographs taken with a
      special machine, presented to the eye in very rapid
      succession, with some or all of the objects in the picture
      represented in slightly changed positions, producing, by
      persistence of vision, the optical effect of a continuous
      picture in which the objects move in some manner, as that of
      some original scene. The usual form of moving pictures is
      that produced by the cinematograph.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moving \Mov"ing\, a.
      1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
            moving car, or power.
  
      2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the
            sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic;
            as, a moving appeal.
  
                     I sang an old moving story.               --Coleridge.
  
      {Moving force} (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or
            deflects the motion of a body.
  
      {Moving plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium
            gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a
            distinct automatic motion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Movingly \Mov"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a moving manner. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Movingness \Mov"ing*ness\, n.
      The power of moving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muff \Muff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Muffing}.]
      To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball,
      in catching it.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mabank, TX (town, FIPS 45324)
      Location: 32.36547 N, 96.10398 W
      Population (1990): 1739 (769 housing units)
      Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   mapping
  
      {function}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Moving JPEG
  
      (M-JPEG) A compression technique for
      moving {images} which applies {JPEG} still image compression
      to each {frame} of a moving picture sequence.
  
      Play-back requires a machine capable of decompressing and
      displaying each JPEG image quickly enough to sustain the
      required {frame rate} of the picture sequence.
  
      There is no standard for Moving JPEG as with JPEG, but there
      are JPEG compression chips (for example see {Zoran
      (http://www.zoran.com/)}) which are designed to work at
      television frame rates and {resolutions}.
  
      See also {MPEG} and {MPEG2}.
  
      (1996-12-15)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Moving Picture Expert Group
  
      Incorrect expansion of MPEG, which stands for
      {Moving Picture Experts Group}.
  
      (2000-05-31)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Moving Picture Experts Group
  
      (MPEG,
      ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 WG11) An {ISO} committee that generates
      {standards} for digital {video compression} and audio.   Also
      the name of their {algorithms}.
  
      {MPEG-1} is optimised for {CD-ROM} and is the basis for {MP3}.
      {MPEG-2} is aimed at {broadcast quality video} for
      applications such as {digital television} {set-top boxes} and
      {DVD}.   {MPEG-4} is a standard for low {bandwidth} {video
      telephony} and {multimedia} on the {World-Wide Web}.   MPEG-3
      was merged into MPEG-2.
  
      {Home (http://www.cselt.it/mpeg/)}.   {MPEG.org
      (http://www.mpeg.org/)}.   {MPEG decoder
      (ftp://toe.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/multimedia/mpeg/)}.   {MPEG
      routines (ftp://ftp.mni.mcgill.ca/pub/mpeg/)}.
  
      (2000-05-31)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Moving Pictures Experts Group
  
      Incorrect expansion of MPEG, which stands for
      {Moving Picture Experts Group}.
  
      (2000-05-31)
  
  
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