Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 28
Measurable (a.) Moderate; temperate; not excessive.
Of his diet measurable was he. -- Chaucer. -- Meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Meas"ur*a*bly, adv.
Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians. -- Latimer.
Measurable (a.) Capable of being measured; "measurable depths" [syn: measurable, mensurable] [ant: immeasurable, immensurable, unmeasurable, unmeasured].
Measurable (a.) Of distinguished importance; "a measurable figure in literature."
Measure (n.) 尺寸；分量 [U]；度量單位 [C]；度量法 [U]；度量器具 [C]；措施；手段；方法 [P1]；（判斷等的）基準，尺度 [C]；程度；限度；分寸 [U] [S1]；【音】拍子，小節 [C]；議案 [C] A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.
Measure (n.) An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
False ells and measures be brought all clean adown. -- R. of Gloucester.
Measure (n.) The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. -- Job xi. 9.
Measure (n.) The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.
It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal. -- Luke xiii. 21.
Measure (n.) Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
Hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure. -- Is. v. 14.
Measure (n.) Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days. -- Ps. xxxix. 4.
Measure (n.) The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
Measure (n.) Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
There is a great measure of discretion to be used in the performance of confession. -- Jer. Taylor.
Measure (n.) Regulated division of movement:
Measure (n.) (Dancing) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet.
Measure (n.) (Mus.) (1) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats. (2) The space between two bars. See Beat, Triple, Quadruple, Sextuple, Compound time, under Compound, a., and Figure.
Measure (n.) (Poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
Measure (n.) (Arith.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers; a denominator. See common denominator under denominator.
Measure (n.) A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
His majesty found what wrong measures he had taken in the conferring that trust, and lamented his error. -- Clarendon.
Measure (n.) The act of measuring; measurement. -- Shak.
Measure (n.) pl. (Geol.) Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
Linear measure, lineal measure, or long measure, Measure of length; the measure of lines or distances.
Liquid measure, The measure of liquids.
Square measure, The measure of superficial area of surfaces in square units, as inches, feet, miles, etc.
To have hard measure, To have harsh treatment meted out to one; to be harshly or oppressively dealt with.
To take measures, To make preparations; to provide means.
To take one's measure, To measure one, as for a garment; hence, to form an opinion of one's disposition, character, ability, etc.
To tread a measure, To dance in the style so called. See 9 (a).
Say to her, we have measured many miles To tread a measure with her on this grass. -- Shak.
Measured (imp. & p. p.) of Measure.
Measuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Measure.
Measure (v. t.) 測量；計量；打量；估量；（按量）配給 [（+out）]；酌量，權衡 To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.
Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite Thy power! what thought can measure thee? -- Milton.
Measure (v. t.) To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
Measure (v. t.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.
A true devoted pilgrim is not weary To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps. -- Shak.
Measure (v. t.) To adjust by a rule or standard.
To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires. -- Jer. Taylor.
Measure (v. t.) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off.
With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. -- Matt. vii. 2.
That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun. -- Addison.
To measure swords with one, To try another's skill in the use of the sword; hence, figuratively, to match one's abilities against an antagonist's.
Measure (v. i.) 量；有……長（或闊，高等） To make a measurement or measurements.
Measure (v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
Measure (v. i.) To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.
Measure (n.) Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime" [syn: {measure}, {step}].
Measure (n.) How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify [syn: {measure}, {quantity}, {amount}].
Measure (n.) A statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill" [syn: {bill}, {measure}].
Measure (n.) The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" [syn: {measurement}, {measuring}, {measure}, {mensuration}].
Measure (n.) A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" [syn: {standard}, {criterion}, {measure}, {touchstone}].
Measure (n.) (Prosody) The accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: {meter}, {metre}, {measure}, {beat}, {cadence}].
Measure (n.) Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" [syn: {measure}, {bar}].
Measure (n.) Measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements [syn: {measuring stick}, {measure}, {measuring rod}].
Measure (n.) A container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance.
Measure (v.) Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" [syn: {measure}, {mensurate}, {measure out}].
Measure (v.) Express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?" [syn: {quantify}, {measure}].
Measure (v.) Have certain dimensions; "This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches."
Measure (v.) Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" [syn: {measure}, {evaluate}, {valuate}, {assess}, {appraise}, {value}].
Measure, () To ascertain or appraise by comparing to a standard; to apply a metric. (1996-12-27)
Measure, () Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. (1.) Those which are indefinite. (a) Hok, Isa. 5:14, elsewhere "statute." (b) Mad, Job 11:9; Jer. 13:25, elsewhere "garment." (c) Middah, the word most frequently thus translated, Ex. 26:2, 8, etc. (d) Mesurah, Lev. 19:35; 1 Chr. 23:29. (e) Mishpat, Jer. 30:11, elsewhere "judgment." (f) Mithkoneth and token, Ezek. 45:11. (g) In New Testament metron, the usual Greek word thus rendered (Matt. 7:2; 23:32; Mark 4:24).
Measure, () (2.) Those which are definite. (a) 'Eyphah, Deut. 25:14, 15, usually "ephah." (b) Ammah, Jer. 51:13, usually "cubit." (c) Kor, 1 Kings 4:22, elsewhere "cor;" Greek koros, Luke 16:7. (d) Seah, Gen. 18:6; 1 Sam. 25:18, a seah; Greek saton, Matt. 13:33; Luke 13:21. (e) Shalish, "a great measure," Isa. 40:12; literally a third, i.e., of an ephah. (f) In New Testament batos, Luke 16:6, the Hebrew "bath;" and choinix, Rev. 6:6, the choenix, equal in dry commodities to one-eighth of a modius.
MEASURE. () That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses a relation with other quantities of the same thing.
MEASURE. () The constitution of the United States gives power to congress to "fix the standard of weights and measures." Art. 1, B. 8. Hitherto this has remained as a dormant power, though frequently brought before the attention of congress.
MEASURE. () The states, it seems, possess the power to legislate on this subject, or, at least, the existing standards at the adoption of the constitution remain in full force. 3 Sto. Const. 21; Rawle on the Const. 102.
MEASURE. () By a resolution of congress, of the 14th of June, 1836, the secretary of the treasury is directed to cause a complete set of all weights and measures adopted as standards, and now either made or in the progress of manufacture, for the use of the several custom-houses and for other purposes, to be delivered to the governor of each state in the Union, or to such person as he may appoint, for the use of the states respectively, to the end that an uniform standard of weights and measures may be established throughout the United States.
MEASURE. () Measures are either, 1. Of length. 2. Of surface. 3. Of solidity or capacity. 4. Of force or gravity, or what is commonly called weight. (q.v.) 5. Of angles. 6. Of time. The measures now used in the United States, are the same as those of England, and are as follows.
1. MEASURES OF LENGTH.
12 inches = 1 foot
3 feet = 1 yard
5 1/2 yards = 1 rod or pole
40 poles = 1 furlong
8 furlongs = 1 mile
69 1/15 miles = 1 degree of a great circle of the earth.
An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics, the inch is commonly divided into eighths. By the officers of the revenue and by scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hundredths, &c. Formerly it was made to consist of twelve parts called lines, but these have fallen into disuse.
Particular measures of length.
1st. Used for measuring cloth of all kinds.
1 nail = 2 1/4 inches
1 quarter = 4 inches
1 yard = 4 quarters
1 ell = 5 quarters
2d. used for the height of horses.
1 hand = 4 inches
3d. Used in measuring depths.
1 fathom
= 6 feet
4th. Used in land measure, to facilitate computation of the contents, 10 square
chains being equal to an acre.
1 link = 7 92/100 inches
1 chain = 100 links
6.-2. MEASURES OF SURFACE.
144 square inches = 1 square foot
9 square feet = 1 square yard
30 1/4 square yards = 1 perch or rod
40 perches = 1 rood
4 roods or 160 perches = 1 acre
640 acres = 1 square mile
7.-3. MEASURES OF SOLIDITY AND CAPACITY.
1st. Measures of solidity.
1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot
27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard.
2d. Measures of capacity for all liquids, and for all goods, not liquid, except such as are comprised in the next division.
4 gills = 1 pint = 34 2/3 cubic inches nearly.
2 pints = 1 quart = 691/2 " "
4 quarts = 1 gallon = 277 1/4 " "
2 gallons = 1 peck = 554 1/2 " "
8 gallons= 1 bushel = 2218 1/2 " "
8 bushels = 1 quarter = 10 1/4 cubic feet "
5
quarters = 1 load = 51 1/2 " "
The last four denominations are used only for goods, not liquids. For liquids,
several denominations have heretofore been adopted, namely, for beer, the
firkin of 9 gallons, the kilderkin of 18, the barrel of 36, the hogshead of 54;
and the butt of 108 gallons. For wine or spirits there are the anker, runlet,
tierce, hogshead, puncheon, pipe, butt, and tun; these are, however, rather the
names of the casks, in which the commodities are imported, than as express any
definite number of gallons. It is the practice to gauge all such vessels, and
to charge them according to their actual contents.
3d. Measures of capacity, for coal, lime, potatoes, fruit, and other commodities, sold by heaped measure.
2 gallons = 1 peck = 704 cubic in. nearly.
8 gallons = 1 bushel = 28151/2 " "
3 bushels = 1 sack = 41 cubic feet "
12 sacks= 1 chaldron = 58 2/3 " "
8.-4. MEASURES OF WEIGHTS. See art. Weights.
9.-5., ANGULAR MEASURE; or, DIVISION OF THE CIRCLE.
60 seconds = 1 minute
60 minutes = 1 degree
30 degrees = 1 sign
90 degrees = 1 quadrant
360 degrees, or 12 signs = 1 circumference.
Formerly the subdivisions were carried on by sities; thus, the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into sixty fourths, &c. At present, the second is more generally divided decimally into tens, hundreds, &c. The degree is frequently so divided.
or 10.-6. MEASURE OF TIME.
60 seconds = 1 minute
60 minutes = 1 hour
24 hours = 1 day
7 days = 1 week
28 days, or 4 weeks = 1 lunar month
28, 29, 30, or 31 days = 1 calendar month
12 calendar months = 1 year
365 days = 1 common year
366 day = 1 leap year.
The second of time is subdivided like that of angular measure.
FRENCH MEASURES.
11. As the French system of weights and measures is the most scientific plan known, and as the commercial connexions of the United States with France are daily increasing, it has been thought proper here to give a short account of that system.
12. The fundamental, invariable, and standard measure, by which all weights and measures are formed, is called the metre, a word derived from the Greek, which signifies measure. It is a lineal measure, and is equal to 3 feet, 0 inches, 44/1000, Paris measure, or 3 feet, 3 inches, 370/1000 English. This unit is divided into ten parts; each tenth, into ten hundredths; each hundredth, into ten thousandths, &c. These divisions, as well as those of all other measures, are infinite. As the standard is to be invariable, something has been sought, from which to make it, which is not variable or subject to any change. The fundamental base of the metre is the quarter of the terrestrial meridian, or the distance from the pole to the equator, which has been divided into ten millions of equal parts, one of which is the length of the metre. All the other measures are formed from the metre, as follows:
2. MEASURE OF CAPACITY.
13. The litre. This is the decimetre; or one-tenth part of the cubic metre; that is, if a vase is made of a cubic form, of a decimetre every way, it would be of the capacity of a litre. This is divided by tenths, as the metre. The measures which amount. to more than a single, litre, are counted by tens hundreds, thousands, &c., of litres.
3. MEASURES OF WEIGHTS.
14. The gramme. This is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water, at the temperature of zero; that is, if a vase be made of a cubic form, of a hundredth part of a metre every way, and it be filled with distilled water, the weight of that water will be that of the gramme.
4. MEASURES OF SURFACES.
15. The arc, used in surveying. This is a square, the sides of which are of the length of ten metres, or what is equal to one hundred square metres. Its divisions are the same as in the preceding measures.
5. MEASURES OF SOLIDITY.
16. The stere, used in measuring firewood. It is a cubic metre. Its subdivisions are similar to the preceding. The term is used only for measuring firewood. For the measure of other things, the term cube metre, or cubic metre is used, or the tenth, hundredth, &c., of such a cube.
6. MONEY.
17. The franc. It weighs five grammes. it is made of nine-tenths of silver, and one-tenth of copper. Its tenth part is called a decime, and its hundredth part a centime.
18. One measure being thus made the standard of all the rest, they must be all equally invariable; but, in order to make this certainty perfectly sure, the following precautions have been adopted. As the temperature was found to have an influence on bodies, the term zero, or melting ice, has been selected in making the models or standard of the metre. Distilled water has been chosen to make the standard of the gramme, as being purer, and less encumbered with foreign matter than common water. The temperature having also an influence on a determinate volume of water, that with which the experiments were made, was of the temperature of zero, or melting ice. The air, more or less charged with humidity, causes the weight of bodies to vary, the models which represent the weight of the gramme, have, therefore, been taken in a vacuum.
19. It has already been stated, that the divisions of these measures are all uniform, namely by tens, or decimal fractions, they may therefore be written as such. Instead of writing,
1 metre and 1 tenth of a metre, we may write, 1 m. 1.
2 metre and 8 tenths, 2 m. 8.
10 metre and 4 hundredths, 10 m. 04.
7 litres, 1 tenth, and 2 hundredths, 7 lit. 12, &c.
20. Names have been given to, each of these divisions of the principal unit but these names always indicate the value of the fraction, and the unit from which it is derived. To the name of the unit have been prefixed the particles deci, for tenth, centi, for hundredth, and milli, for thousandth. They are thus expressed, a decimetre, a decilitre, a decigramme, a decistere, a deciare, a centimetre, a centilitre, a centigramme, &c. The facility with which the divisions of the unit are reduced to the same expression, is very apparent; this cannot be done with any other kind of measures.
21. As it may sometimes be necessary to express great quantities of units, collections have been made of them in tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, &c., to which names, derived from the Greek, have been given; namely, deca, for tens hecto, for hundreds; kilo, for thousands and myria, for tens of thousands; they are thus expressed; a decametre, a decalitre, &c.; a hectometre, a hectogramme, &c.; a kilometre, a kilogramme, &c.
22. The following table will facilitate the reduction of these weights and measures into our own.
The Metre, is 3.28 feet, or 39.871 in.
Are, is 1076.441 square feet.
Litre, is 61.028 cubic inch
Stere, is 35.317 cubic feet.
Gramme, is 15.4441 grains troy, or 5.6481 drams, averdupois.
Measured (a.) Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms. -- Meas"ured*ly, adv.
Measured (a.) Having notes of fixed rhythmic value [syn: mensural, measured, mensurable].
Measured (a.) The rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: measured, metrical, metric].
Measured (a.) Carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony" [syn: deliberate, calculated, measured].
Measured (a.) Unhurried and with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed" [syn: careful, deliberate, measured].
Measured (a.) Careful and controlled, or not fast.
// Her response to their criticism was calm and measured.
Measureless
(a.) 無限的；不可量的；極大的 Without
measure; unlimited; immeasurable. -- Meas"ure*less*ness, n.
Where Alf, the sacred river ran, Through canyons measureless to man, Down to a
hidden sea. -- Coleridge.
Syn: Boundless; limitless; endless;
unbounded; unlimited; vast; immense; infinite; immeasurable.
Measureless (a.) Without limits in extent or size or quantity;
"limitless vastness of our solar system" [syn:
illimitable, limitless, measureless].
Measurement (n.) 測量法 [U]；測量，測定 [U]；尺寸，大小，長度；（女性的）三圍 [P] The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required.
Measurement (n.) The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres.
Measurement (n.) The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" [syn: {measurement}, {measuring}, {measure}, {mensuration}].
Measurement, () The act or process of measuring;
a figure, extent, or amount obtained by measuring. (1996-12-27)
Measurement (n.) (C2) [ C or U ] 丈量，測量 The act or process of measuring.
// The test is based on the measurement of blood levels.
// The machine makes thousands of measurements every day.
Measurement (n.) (B2) [ C ] （量得的）尺寸，大小，品質 A value, discovered by measuring, that correponds to the size, shape, quality, etc. of something.
// The measurements of both rooms were identical.
// What is your inside leg measurement?
Measurements (n. pl.) 尺碼（尤指三圍） Your measurements are the sizes of various parts of your body, especially your chest, waist, and hips, that you refer to when you want to buy clothes.
Measurer (n.) One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market.
Measurer (n.) A person who makes measurements.
Measure up (phrasal verb with measure) (v.) To be good enough, or as good as someone or something else.
// She could never measure up to her mother's expectations.
Compare: Inchworm
Inchworm (n.) (Zool.) The larva of any geometrid moth. It progresses forward by first bringing the rear end of the body forward, forming a loop, then moving the front part of the body; called also measuring worm, measuringworm, spanner, and looper.
See Geometrid.
Measuring (a.) Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure.
Measuring faucet, A faucet which permits only a given quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured.
Measuring worm (Zool.), The larva of any geometrid moth.
They are so called because they move by a process in which they first pull the rear legs forward toward their front legs, forming a loop which resembles the process of measuring with a tape measure. The motion is completed by subsequently moving the front legs forward to an advanced position. See Geometrid.
Measuring (n.) The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" [syn: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration].
Meat (n.) [U] （食用的）肉；（蛋，貝類，果子等的）食用部分；實質，要點；內容；【古】食物，餐食 Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. -- Chaucer.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat. -- Gen. i. 29.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. -- Gen. ix. 3.
Meat (n.) The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
Meat (n.) Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Meat biscuit. See under Biscuit.
Meat earth (Mining), Vegetable mold. -- Raymond.
Meat fly. (Zool.) See Flesh fly, under Flesh.
Meat
offering
(Script.), An offering of food, esp. of a cake made of flour with salt and oil.
To go to meat, To go to a meal. [Obs.]
To sit at meat, To sit at the table in taking food.
Meat (v. t.) To supply with food. [Obs.] -- Tusser.
His shield well lined, his horses meated well. -- Chapman.
Meat (n.) The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
Meat (n.) The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell" [syn: {kernel}, {meat}].
Meat (n.) The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core}, {center}, {centre}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {heart and soul}, {inwardness}, {marrow}, {meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {sum}, {nitty- gritty}].
Meatal (a.) Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus. -- Owen.
Meated (a.) Fed; fattened. [Obs.] -- Tusser.
Meated (a.) Having (such) meat; -- used chiefly in composition; as, thick-meated. Meath
Meath (n.) Alt. of Meathe.
Meathe (n.) A sweet liquor; mead. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Milton.
Meatiness (n.) Quality of being meaty.
Meatless (a.) Having no meat; without food.
"Leave these beggars meatless." -- Sir T. More.
Meatless (a.) Lacking meat; "meatless days" [ant: meaty].
Meatoscope (n.) (Med.) A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.
Meatotome (n.) (Surg.) An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.
Meatuses (n. pl. ) of Meatus.
Meatus (n. sing. & pl.) (Anat.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.
Meaty (a.) Abounding in meat.
Meaty (a.) Like or containing meat; "enough of vegetarianism; let's have a meaty meal" [ant: meatless].
Meaty (a.) Being on topic and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion" [syn: meaty, substantive].
Meaw (n.) The sea mew. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Meaw (v. i.) See Mew, to cry as a cat.
Compare: Mew
Mew (v. i.) To cry as a cat. [Written also meaw, meow.] -- Shak.
Meawl (v. i.) See Mewl, and Miaul.
Compare: Mewl
Mewl (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Mewled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mewling.] To cry, as a young child; to squall. [Written also meawl.] -- Shak.
Compare: Measle
Measle (n.) A leper. [Obs.] [Written also meazel, and mesel.] -- Wyclif (Matt. x. 8. ).
Meazel (n.) See 1st Measle. [Obs.]
Meazling (a.) Falling in small drops; mistling; mizzing. [Obs.] -- Arbuthnot.
Mebles (n. pl.) See Moebles. [Obs.]
Mecate (n.) [Sp.] A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc. [Southwestern U. S.]
Mecca (n.) 麥加（阿拉伯語：مكّة المكرمة；羅馬化：Makkah Al-Mukarramah），伊斯蘭教第一大聖城，全稱是麥加·穆卡拉瑪，意為「榮譽的麥加」，中文較罕見的翻譯有滿克、墨克等譯名。麥加是伊斯蘭教最神聖的城市，擁有天房和禁寺。麥加有名的朝覲活動每年吸引將近300萬人，是伊斯蘭教的五功之一。
傳統上伊斯蘭教認為麥加是易斯馬儀（以實瑪利）的後代所建。七世紀時伊斯蘭教先知穆罕默德在麥加宣揚伊斯蘭教，當時該地是一個重要的商業中心，在伊斯蘭早期歷史上扮演著重要的角色。966年後，麥加一直都由當地的謝里夫所統治，直到1924年統治權歸紹德家族所有。[3]麥加進入現代後土地面積和基礎建設都大大擴增。
現代麥加是沙烏地阿拉伯麥加省的省會，麥加省是傳統上的希賈茲地區。麥加共有一百七十萬人口（2008），地處較為內陸的狹小山谷，距離海港吉達73公里，海拔277公尺高。
非穆斯林被禁止進入麥加和麥地那。
Mecca [3] (/ˈmɛkə/) or Makkah (Arabic: مكة Makkah [ˈmaka]) Is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia [4] that is also capital of the Makkah Region. The city is located 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m (909 ft) above sea level, and 340 kilometres (210 mi) south of Medina. Its resident population in 2012 was roughly 2 million, although visitors more than triple this number every year during the hajj ("pilgrimage") period held in the twelfth Muslim lunar month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
As the birthplace of Muhammad and the site of Muhammad's first revelation of the Quran (specifically, a cave 3 km (2 mi) from Mecca), [5] [6] Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in the religion of Islam [7] and a pilgrimage to it known as the Hajj is obligatory for all able Muslims. Mecca is home to the Kaaba, by majority description Islam's holiest site, as well as being the direction of Muslim prayer. Mecca was long ruled by Muhammad's descendants, the sharifs, acting either as independent rulers or as vassals to larger polities. It was conquered by Ibn Saud in 1925. In its modern period, Mecca has seen tremendous expansion in size and infrastructure, home to structures such as the Abraj Al Bait, also known as the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel, the world's fourth tallest building and the building with the third largest amount of floor area. During this expansion, Mecca has lost some historical structures and archaeological sites, such as the Ajyad Fortress. [8] Today, more than 15 million Muslims visit Mecca annually, including several million during the few days of the Hajj. [9] As a result, Mecca has become one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the Muslim world, [10] even though non-Muslims are prohibited from entering the city. [11] [12]
Mecca (n.) Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam.
Mecca (n.) A place that attracts many visitors; "New York is a mecca for young artists."
Mecca, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 5402
Housing Units (2000): 1059
Land area (2000): 1.296340 sq. miles (3.357505 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.296340 sq. miles (3.357505 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46660
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.573388 N, 116.073536 W
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Mecca, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 355
Housing Units (2000): 156
Land area (2000): 0.401527 sq. miles (1.039949 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.401527 sq. miles (1.039949 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48132
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 39.726254 N, 87.331507 W
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Meccawee (a.) Of or pertaining to Mecca, in Arabia.
Meccawee (n.) A native or inhabitant of Mecca.
Mechanic (n.) The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction. [Obs.]
Mechanic (n.) A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments. Also, a technician who maintains or repairs machinery; as, an auto mechanic.
An art quite lost with our mechanics. -- Sir T. Browne.
Mechanic (a.) Having to do with the application of the laws of motion in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts. "These mechanic philosophers." -- Ray.
Mechanic slaves, With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers. -- Shak.
Mechanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.
To make a god, a hero, or a king Descend to a mechanic dialect. -- Roscommon.
Sometimes he ply'd the strong, mechanic tool. -- Thomson.
Mechanic (a.) Base. [Obs.] -- Whitlock.
Mechanic (a.) Resembling the action of a machine; "from blank to blank a threadless way I pushed mechanic feet" -- Emily Dickenson
Mechanic (n.) A craftsman skilled in operating machine tools [syn: machinist, mechanic, shop mechanic].
Mechanic (n.) Someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles [syn: automobile mechanic, auto-mechanic, car-mechanic, mechanic, grease monkey].
Compare: Nonhuman
Nonhuman (a.) Not human. Opposite of human. [Narrower terms: anthropoid, anthropoidal, apelike; bloodless; dehumanized, unhuman; grotesque, monstrous, unnatural; mechanical].
Mechanical (n.) (Obsolete) 機械工，修理工，技工 [C] A mechanic. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Mechanical (a.) 機械的，用機械的 [Z]；似機械的，呆板的，無表情（或感情）的，無意識的；機械學的，力學的；物理的；手工操作的，技工的；技巧上的，細節上的 Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter on a macroscopic scale, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, electrical, electronic, atomic etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; especially, using only the interactions of solid parts against each other; as mechanical brakes, in contrast to hydraulic brakes.
Mechanical (a.) Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products.
We have also divers mechanical arts. -- Bacon.
Mechanical (a.) Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.
Mechanical (a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.
Mechanical (a.) Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric.
Mechanical effect, Effective power; useful work exerted, as by a machine, in a definite time.
Mechanical engineering. See the Note under Engineering.
Mechanical maneuvers (Mil.), The application of mechanical appliances to the mounting, dismounting, and moving of artillery. -- Farrow.
Mechanical philosophy, The principles of mechanics applied to the investigation of physical phenomena.
Mechanical powers, Certain simple instruments, such as the lever and its modifications (the wheel and axle and the pulley), the inclined plane with its modifications (the screw and the wedge), which convert a small force acting through a great space into a great force acting through a small space, or vice versa, and are used separately or in combination.
Mechanical solution (Math.), A solution of a problem by any art or contrivance not strictly geometrical, as by means of the ruler and compasses, or other instruments.
Mechanical (a.) Using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices; "a mechanical process"; "his smile was very mechanical"; "a mechanical toy" [ant: nonmechanical].
Mechanical (a.) Relating to or concerned with machinery or tools; "mechanical arts"; "mechanical design"; "mechanical skills" [syn: mechanical, mechanically skillful].
Mechanical (a.) Relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics; "a belief that the universe is a mechanical contrivance"; "the mechanical pressure of a strong wind."
Mechanicalize (v. t.) (variants: also British Mechanicalise) To cause to become mechanical.
Mechanicalize (v. t.) To cause to become mechanical.
Mechanically (adv.) 機械方面地；機械地；物理上地 In a mechanical manner.
Mechanically (adv.) In a mechanical manner; by a mechanism; "this door opens mechanically" [syn: mechanically, automatically].
Mechanically (adv.) In a machinelike manner; without feeling; "he smiled mechanically."
Mechanicalness (n.) The state or quality of being mechanical.
Mechanician (n.) 機械技師，機械學者，機械工 One skilled in the theory or construction of machines; a machinist. -- Boyle.
Mechanico-chemical (a.) Pertaining to, connected with, or dependent upon, both mechanics and chemistry; -- said especially of those sciences which treat of such phenomena as seem to depend on the laws both of mechanics and chemistry, as electricity and magnetism.
Mechanics (n.) 力學；機械學 [J]；技術性的部分；技術；技巧 [K] That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies.
Note: That part of mechanics which considers the action of forces in producing rest or equilibrium is called statics; that which relates to such action in producing motion is called dynamics. The term mechanics includes the action of forces on all bodies, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous. It is sometimes, however, and formerly was often, used distinctively of solid bodies only: The mechanics of liquid bodies is called also hydrostatics, or hydrodynamics, according as the laws of rest or of motion are considered. The mechanics of gaseous bodies is called also pneumatics. The mechanics of fluids in motion, with special reference to the methods of obtaining from them useful results, constitutes hydraulics.
Animal mechanics (Physiol.), That portion of physiology which has for its object the investigation of the laws of equilibrium and motion in the animal body. The most important mechanical principle is that of the lever, the bones forming the arms of the levers, the contractile muscles the power, the joints the fulcra or points of support, while the weight of the body or of the individual limbs constitutes the weight or resistance.
Applied mechanics, The principles of abstract mechanics applied to human art; also, the practical application of the laws of matter and motion to the construction of machines and structures of all kinds.
Orbital mechanics, The principles governing the motion of bodies in orbit around other bodies under gravitational influence, such as artificial Earth satellites.
Mechanics (n.) The branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference.
Mechanics (n.) The technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style" [syn: mechanism, mechanics].
Mechanism (n.) 機械，機構，結構，機理，技巧 The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod.
Mechanism (n.) The series of causal relations that operate to produce an effect in any system; as, the mechanism of a chemical reaction.
Mechanism (n.) Mechanical operation or action.
He acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion; so that all must be performed either by mechanism or accident. -- Bentley.
Mechanism (n.) (Kinematics) An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements.
Mechanism (n.) The atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions" [syn: mechanism, chemical mechanism].
Mechanism (n.) The technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style" [syn: mechanism, mechanics].
Mechanism (n.) A natural object resembling a machine in structure or function; "the mechanism of the ear"; "the mechanism of infection."
Mechanism (n.) (Philosophy) The philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes.
Mechanism (n.) Device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function.
Mechanist (n.) 機械技師；【哲】機械論者 A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.
Mechanist (n.) One who regards the phenomena of nature as the effects of forces merely mechanical.
Mechanist (n.) A philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism.
Mechanized (imp. & p. p.) of Mechanize.
Mechanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mechanize.
Mechanize (v. t.) To cause to be mechanical. -- Shelley.
Mechanize (v. t.) To introduce machinery into (a process) in order to reduce human effort or improve uniformity or quality of the result; especially, To cause to be accomplished by a mechanical means which requires little or no human supervision; to automate.
Mechanize (v. t.) Hence: (Mil.) To equip (an armed force) with tanks or other vehicles.
Mechanize (v.) Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize armies" [syn: mechanize, mechanise, motorize, motorise].
Mechanize (v.) Make monotonous; make automatic or routine; "If your work becomes too mechanized, change jobs!" [syn: mechanize, mechanise].
Mechanize (v.) Make mechanical; "mechanize the procedure" [syn: mechanize, mechanise].
Mechanograph (n.) One of a number of copies of anything multiplied mechanically.
Mechanographic (a.) Treating of mechanics. [R.]
Mechanographic (a.) Written, copied, or recorded by machinery; produced by mechanography; as, a mechanographic record of changes of temperature; mechanographic prints.
Mechanographist (n.) An artist who, by mechanical means, multiplies copies of works of art.
Mechanography (n.) The art of mechanically multiplying copies of a writing, or any work of art.
Mechanurgy (n.) That branch of science which treats of moving machines.
Mechitarist (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church devoted to the improvement of Armenians.
Mechlin (n.) A kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechlin, in Belgium.
Mechoacan (n.) A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to be obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus ({Convolvulus Mechoacan); -- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained.
Meckelian (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F. Meckel, a German anatomist.
Meckelian cartilage, The cartilaginous rod which forms the axis of the mandible; -- called also Meckel's cartilage.
Meconate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of meconic acid.
Meconic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Meconidine (n.) (Chem.) An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a yellow amorphous substance which is easily decomposed.
Meconidium (n.) (Zool.) A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel.
Meconin (n.) (Chem.) A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid, existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Also erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc., as though it were an alkaloid.
Meconinic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which occurs in opium, and which may be obtained by oxidizing narcotine.