Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 42
Mete (v. i. & t.) To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] "I mette of him all night." -- Chaucer.
Meted (imp. & p. p.) of Mete.
Meting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mete.
Mete (v. t.) To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.
Mete (v. i.) To measure. [Obs.] -- Mark iv. 24.
Mete (n.) Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.
Mete (n.) A line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete].
Metecorn (n.) A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service.
Metely (a.) According to measure or proportion; proportionable; proportionate. [Obs.] Metempiric
Metempiric (a.) Alt. of Metempirical.
Metempirical (a.) (Metaph.) Related, or belonging, to the objects of knowledge within the province of metempirics.
If then the empirical designates the province we include within the range of science, the province we exclude may be fitly styled the metempirical. -- G. H. Lewes.
Metempiricism (n.) The science that is concerned with metempirics.
Metempirics (n.) The concepts and relations which are conceived as beyond, and yet as related to, the knowledge gained by experience.
Metempsychosed (imp. & p. p.) of Metempsychose.
Metempsychosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Metempsychose.
Metempsychose (v. t.) To translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body to another. [R.] -- Peacham.
Compare: Palingenesis
Palingenesis, Palingenesy (n.) A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form.
Palingenesis, Palingenesy (n.) Hence: The passing over of the soul of one person or animal into the body of another person or animal, at the time of the death of the first; the transmigration of souls. Called also metempsychosis.
Palingenesis, Palingenesy (n.) (Biol.) That form of development of an individual organism in which in which ancestral characteristics occurring during its evolution are conserved by heredity and reproduced, sometimes transiently, in the course of individual development; original simple descent; -- cenogenesis ({kenogenesis"> distinguished from cenogenesis ({kenogenesis or coenogenesis), in which the mode of individual development has been modified so that the evolutionary process had become obscured. Sometimes, in Zoology, the term is applied to the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc. See also the note under recapitulation.
Metempsychosis (n.) The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls. -- Sir T. Browne.
Metempsychosis (n.) After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body [syn: metempsychosis, rebirth].
Metemptosis (n.) (Chron.) The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another every 2,400 years.
Metencephalon (n.) (Anat.) The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.
Metencephalon (n.) The part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum.
Metensomatosis (n.) (Biol.) The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of another.
Meteor (n.) Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc.
Hail, an ordinary meteor. -- Bp. Hall.
Meteor (n.) Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.
The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. -- Shak.
Meteor (n.) A mass of stone or other substance which sometimes falls to the earth from space beyond the moon, burning up from atomospheric friction and creating a brilliant but usually very brief trail of light in the atmosphere; also called a shooting star.
Note: The term is especially applied to fireballs, and the masses of stone or other substances which sometimes all to the earth; also to shooting stars and to ignes fatui. Meteors are often classed as: aerial meteors, winds, tornadoes, etc.; aqueous meteors, rain, hail, snow, dew, etc.; luminous meteors, rainbows, halos, etc.; and igneous meteors, lightning, shooting stars, and the like.
Meteor (n.) (Astronomy) Any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere [syn: meteoroid, meteor].
Meteor (n.)A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode [syn: meteor, shooting star].
Meteor, () A version of COMIT with Lisp-like syntax, written in MIT Lisp 1.5 for the IBM 7090. "METEOR - A List Interpreter for String Transformation", D.G. Bobrow in The Programming Language LISP and its Interpretation, E.D. and D.G. Bobrow eds, 1964.
Meteoric (a.) Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.
Meteoric (a.) Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.
Meteoric (a.) Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame. "Meteoric politician." -- Craik.
Meteoric iron, Meteoric stone. (Min.) See Meteorite.
Meteoric paper, A substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors.
Meteoric showers, Periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods.
Meteoric (a.) Of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions; "meteorological factors"; "meteorological chart"; "meteoric (or meteorological) phenomena" [syn: meteorologic, meteorological, meteoric]
Meteoric (a.) Pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids; "meteoric shower"; "meteoric impacts."
Meteoric (a.) Like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience; "a meteoric rise to fame."
Meteorical (a.) Meteoric.
Meteorism (n.) (Med.) Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites.
Meteorite (n.) 【天】隕星；流星 [C] A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite.
Note: Meteorites usually show a pitted surface with a fused crust, caused by the heat developed in their rapid passage through the earth's atmosphere. A meteorite may consist: 1. Of metallic iron, alloyed with a small percentage of nickel (meteoric iron, holosiderite). When etched this usually exhibits peculiar crystalline figures, called Widmanst[aum]tten figures. 2. Of a cellular mass of iron with imbedded silicates (mesosiderite or siderolite). 3. Of a stony mass of silicates with little iron (meteoric stone, sporadosiderite). 4. Of a mass without iron (asiderite).
Meteorite (n.) Stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface.
Meteorize (v. i.) To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor. -- Evelyn.
Meteorograph (n.) An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions.
Meteorographic (a.) Of or pertaining to meteorography.
Meteorography (n.) The registration of meteorological phenomena.
Meteoroid (n.) (Astron.) A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor.
These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come into the air, I call meteoroids. -- H. A. Newton.
Meteoroid (n.) (Astronomy) Any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere [syn: meteoroid, meteor].
Meteoroidal (a.) Of or pertaining to a meteoroid or to meteoroids.
Meteorolite (n.) A meteoric stone; an aerolite; a meteorite. Meteorologic
Meteorologic (a.) Alt. of Meteorological.
Meteorological (a.) 氣象的；氣象學的 Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology.
{Meteorological table}, {Meteorological register}, A table or register exhibiting the state of the air and its temperature, weight, dryness, moisture, motion, etc.
Meteorological (a.) Of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions; "meteorological factors"; "meteorological chart"; "meteoric (or meteorological) phenomena" [syn: {meteorologic}, {meteorological}, {meteoric}].
Meteorologist (n.) 氣象學者 A person skilled in meteorology.
Meteorologist (n.) A specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions.
Meteorology (n.) 氣象學，氣象狀態 The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.
Meteorology (n.) Predicting what the weather will be [syn: {meteorology}, {weather forecasting}].
Meteorology (n.) The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather).
Meteorology (n.) [ U ] 氣象學 The scientific study of the processes that cause particular weather conditions.
Meteoromancy (n.) A species of divination by atmospheric phenomena, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans.
Meteoromancy (n.) A form of divination involving the observation of meteors.
Meteorometer (n.) An apparatus which transmits automatically to a central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer, barometer, thermometer, etc.
Meteoroscope (n.) (Astron.) An astrolabe; a planisphere. [Obs.]
Meteoroscope (n.) (Astron.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star.
Meteorous (a.) Of the nature or appearance of a meteor.
-meter () A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as, barometer, chronometer, dynamometer.
Meter (n.) 公尺，韻律，計量器計量器，儀表 [C]；計量監督員；計量官 One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.
Meter (n.) An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.
Meter (n.) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
Meter (n.) Alt. of Metre.
Metre (n.) Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter.
Metre (n.) A poem.
Metre (n.) A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric.
Meter (v.t.) 以計量器計量；用儀表測量（或計量）；計量供給；用郵資總付計數器在（郵件上）打戳 Measure with a meter; "meter the flow of water."
Meter (v.t.) Stamp with a meter indicating the postage; "meter the mail."
Meterage (n.) 用儀表計量，測量，計量收費 The act of measuring, or the cost of measuring.
Metergram (n.) A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.
Metewand (n.) A measuring rod.
Meteyard (n.) A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure.
Meth (n.) See Meathe.
Methaemoglobin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A stable crystalline compound obtained by the decomposition of hemoglobin. It is found in old blood stains. methadon
Methal (n.) (Chem.) A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series.
Methamphetamine (n.) [ U ] (also slang crystal meth, meth) 甲基安非他命，甲基苯丙胺，冰毒（刺激精神和身體的藥物，容易令人上癮，一些人非法服用） A drug that makes your mind and body more active. It is addictive (= you cannot stop taking it when you have started) and some people take it illegally.
Methamphetamine (n.) An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash]
Methane (n.) (Chem.) A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas.
Methane series (Chem.), A series of saturated hydrocarbons, of which methane is the first member and type, and (because of their general chemical inertness and indifference) called also the paraffin (little affinity) series. The lightest members are gases, as methane, ethane; intermediate members are liquids, as hexane, heptane, etc. (found in benzine, kerosene, etc.); while the highest members are white, waxy, or fatty solids, as paraffin proper.
Methanogen (n.) A type of archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage, and capable of producing methane; a source of natural gas.
Methane (n.) A colorless odorless gas used as a fuel.
Methane (n.) [ U ] 甲烷，沼氣 A gas with no smell or colour, often used as a fuel.
// Methane is the main constituent of natural gas.
Methane clathrate (n.) (pl. methane clathrates) 甲烷氣水包合物，也稱作甲烷水合物、甲烷冰、天然氣水合物或可燃冰 A gas hydrate that contains methane as the guest molecule; it occurs both in deep sedimentary structures, and as outcrops on the ocean floor. (Syn.) Methane hydrate.
Metheglin (n.) A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead. -- Gay.
Metheglin (n.) Spiced or medicated mead.
Methene (n.) (Chem.) See Methylene.
Compare: Methylene
Methylene (n.) (Chem.) A divalent hydrocarbon radical, -CH2-, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly called also methene.
Methylene blue (Chem.), An artificial dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; -- called also pure blue.
Methenyl (n.) (Chem.) The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds.
Methide (n.) (Chem.) A binary compound of methyl with some element; as, aluminium methide, Al2(CH3)6.
Methinks (v. impers.) It seems to me; I think. See Me. [R., except in poetry.]
In all ages poets have been had in special reputation, and, methinks, not without great cause. -- Spenser.
Methought (imp.) of Methinks.
Methionate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of methionic acid.
Methionic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic (thionic) acid derivative of methane, obtained as a stable white crystalline substance, CH2.(SO3H)2, which forms well defined salts.
Method (n.) 方法，方式，教學法；條理，順序，秩序，規律；分類 An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind. --Addison.
Method (n.) Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.
Though this be madness, yet there's method in it. -- Shak.
All method is a rational progress, a progress toward an end. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Method (n.) (Nat. Hist.) Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
Method (n.) A technique used in acting in which the actor tries to identify with the individual personality of the specific character being portrayed, so as to provide a realistic rendering of the character's role. Also called the Method, method acting, the Stanislavsky Method or Stanislavsky System.
Syn: Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode; course; process; means.
Usage: Method, Mode, Manner. Method implies arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts which tend to secure it; mode relates to a single action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed as a whole, exhibits. Manner is literally the handling of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both method and mode. An instructor may adopt a good method of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad mode of holding his pen; the manner in which he is corrected will greatly affect his success or failure. Methodic
Method (n.) A way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps).
Method (n.) An acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed [syn: method acting, method].
Method, () In object-oriented programming, a function that can be called on an object of a given class. When a method is called (or invoked (method invocation)) on an object, the object is passed as an implicit argument to the method, usually referred to by the special variable "this". If the method is not defined in the object's class, it is looked for in that class's superclass, and so on up the class hierarchy until it is subclass+thus+subclass thus inherits {inheritance all the methods of its superclasses.
Different classes may define methods with the same name (i.e. methods may be polymorphic).
Methods are sometimes called "object methods" or "instance methods". "{Class methods" are methods that operate on objects of class "class". "Static methods" are not methods but normal functions packaged with the class. (2000-03-22)
Methodic (a.) Alt. of Methodical.
Methodical (a.) 有條理的；秩序井然的；辦事有條不紊的；講究方法的 Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise. "Methodical regularity." -- Addison.
Methodical (a.) Proceeding with regard to method; characterized by method or orderliness; systematic; as, a methodical investigation. "Aristotle, strict, methodic, and orderly." -- Harris.
Methodical (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists. -- Johnson. -- Me*thod"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Me*thod"ic*al*ness, n.
Methodical (a.) Characterized by method and orderliness; "a methodical scholar."
Methodically (adv.) 有條理地，有條不紊地；井然地 In a methodical manner; "she worked methodically."
Methodically (adv.) In an orderly or systematic manner.
‘We worked slowly and methodically through all procedures.’
Methodios (n.) The art and principles of method.
Methodism (n.) (Eccl.) 衛理公會派，嚴守規定法則，拘泥形式 The system of doctrines, polity, and worship, of the sect called Methodists. --Bp. Warburton.
Methodism (n.) The religious beliefs and practices of Methodists characterized by concern with social welfare and public morals
Methodist (n.) （古代）方法醫學派醫生；（基督教）循道宗教徒；（m-）墨守成規者；衛理公會派教徒 One who observes method. [Obs.]
Methodist (n.) One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Methodist (n.) (Theol.) One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties.
Methodist (n.) A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule.
Methodist (a.) 循道宗教義的；循道宗教徒的；衛理公會派教徒的 Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder. Methodistic
Methodist (a.) Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley; "Methodist theology" [syn: Methodist, Wesleyan].
Methodist (n.) A follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church.
Methodistic (a.) 衛理公會派的，有秩序的，嚴格的 Alt. of Methodistical.
Methodistical (a.) Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists. -- Meth`o*dis"tic*al*ly, adv.
Methodization (n.) 定秩序 The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized.
Methodized (imp. & p. p.) of Methodize.
Methodizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Methodize.
Methodize (v. t.) 為……定順序；使有條理 To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts. -- Spectator.
Methodizer (n.) One who methodizes.
Methodological (a.) 方法的；方法論的；教學法的 Of or pertaining to methodology.
Methodological (a.) Relating to the methodology of some discipline; "methodological errors."
Methodology (n.) 方法學；方法論；教學法 The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method. -- Coleridge.
Methodology (n.) The branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline [syn: methodology, methodological analysis].
Methodology (n.) The system of methods followed in a particular discipline methodology.
Methodology (n.) An organised, documented set of procedures and guidelines for one or more phases of the cycle, such as analysis or design. Many methodologies
include a diagramming notation for documenting the results of the procedure; a step-by-step "cookbook" approach for carrying out the procedure; and an objective (ideally quantified) set of criteria for determining whether the results of the procedure are of acceptable quality.
An example is The Yourdon methodology.
Methodology (n.) A pretentious way of saying "method". (1995-04-10)
Methol (n.) (Chem.) An earlier technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit, now called methanol; also, by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type. See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Methyl (n.) [See Methylene.] (Chem.) A univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, not existing alone but regarded as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part of many derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine, etc. [Formerly written also methule, methyle, etc.]
Methyl alcohol (Chem.), A light, volatile, inflammable liquid, CH3.OH, obtained by the distillation of wood, and hence called wood alcohol or wood spirit; tecnically referred to as methanol; -- called also methol, carbinol, etc.
Methyl amine (Chem.), A colorless, inflammable, alkaline gas, CH3.NH2, having an ammoniacal, fishy odor. It is produced artificially, and also occurs naturally in herring brine and other fishy products. It is regarded as ammonia in which a third of its hydrogen is replaced by methyl, and is a type of the class of substituted ammonias.
Methyl ether (Chem.), a light, volatile ether CH3.O.CH3, obtained by the etherification of methyl alcohol; -- called also methyl oxide or dimethyl ether.
Methyl green. (Chem.) See under Green, n.
Methyl orange. (Chem.) See Helianthin.
Methyl violet (Chem.), An artificial dye, consisting of certain methyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline.
Methoxyflurane (n.) (C3 H4 Cl2 F2 O) 甲氧氟烷又稱二氟二氯乙基甲醚 Is an inhalational anaesthetic used in the 1960s and early 1970s, but withdrawn because of detrimental effects on the kidneys. (This was believed to be dose-dependent, smaller doses for shorter periods being thought to be relatively safe). This was due to fluoride ions being produced by its metabolism in the kidney. Its minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) is 0.2, hence it is extremely potent. It has a high lipid solubility (oil:gas coefficient around 950) giving it a very slow onset/offset, this being undesirable for anesthetic purposes. Even so, methoxyflurane is a powerful analgesic (pain-relieving) agent, at well below full anaesthetic doses. The vapour has a pleasant, fruity aroma. Methoxyflurane is used extensively in Australian ambulance services, and in St John Ambulance as an emergency analgesic.
Methoxyl (n.) (Chem.) A hypothetical radical, CH3O, analogous to hydroxyl.
Methuselah (n.) An ancestor of Noah held to have lived 969 years.
Methuselah (n.) An oversize wine bottle holding about six liters.
Methuselah (n.) (Old Testament) A patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years.
Methuselah (n.) A man who is very old [syn: old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah].
Methuselah, () Man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any record, dying at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine years, in the year of the Flood (Gen. 5:21-27; 1 Chr. 1:3).
Methyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH3, not existing alone but regarded as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part of many derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine, etc.
Methyl (n.) [See Methylene.] (Chem.) A univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, not existing alone but regarded as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part of many derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine, etc. [Formerly written also methule, methyle, etc.]
Methyl alcohol (Chem.), A light, volatile, inflammable liquid, CH3.OH, obtained by the distillation of wood, and hence called wood alcohol or wood spirit; tecnically referred to as methanol; -- called also methol, carbinol, etc.
Methyl amine (Chem.), A colorless, inflammable, alkaline gas, CH3.NH2, having an ammoniacal, fishy odor. It is produced artificially, and also occurs naturally in herring brine and other fishy products. It is regarded as ammonia in which a third of its hydrogen is replaced by methyl, and is a type of the class of substituted ammonias.
Methyl ether (Chem.), A light, volatile ether CH3.O.CH3, obtained by the etherification of methyl alcohol; -- called also methyl oxide or dimethyl ether.
Methyl green. (Chem.) See under Green, n.
Methyl orange. (Chem.) See Helianthin.
Methyl violet (Chem.), An artificial dye, consisting of certain methyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline.
Methyl (n.) The univalent radical CH3- derived from methane [syn: methyl, methyl group, methyl radical].
Methylal (n.) (Chem.) A light, volatile liquid, H2C(OCH3)2, regarded as a complex ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also formal.
Methylamine (n.) (Chem) See Methyl amine, under Methyl.
Methylate (n.) (Chem.) 甲醇化物 An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa.
Methylate (v. t.) 混入甲基，混入甲醇 To impregnate or mix with methyl or methyl alcohol.
Methylated (a.) (Chem.) Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood spirit; as, methylated spirits.
Methylated (a.) Having received a methyl group; "methylated alcohol."
Methylated spirits (n.) [ U ] (UK informal meths, US denatured alcohol) 甲基化酒精 （用於去除汙漬或用作加熱、照明燃料） A liquid made from alcohol and other chemicals, used to remove dirty marks and as a fuel in small heaters and lights.
Methylated spirit (n.) Ethyl alcohol denatured with methyl alcohol to prevent its use as an alcoholic beverage.
Methylene (n.) The bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane [syn: methylene group, methylene radical, methylene].
Methylene (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2 Br2; -- formerly called also methene.
Methylic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, methyl; specifically, designating methyl alcohol. See under Methyl.