Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 44
Mezzo-rilievo (n.) [It.] Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo.
Mezzo-rilievo (n.) A sculptural relief between low relief and high relief [syn: mezzo-relievo, mezzo-rilievo, half-relief].
Mezzo-soprano (a.) Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer. -- n.
Mezzo-soprano (n.) A mezzo-soprano voice.
Mezzo-soprano (n.) A person having such a voice.
Mezzo-soprano (n.) A soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto [syn: mezzo-soprano, mezzo].
Mezzo-soprano (n.) The female singing voice between contralto and soprano [syn: mezzo-soprano, mezzo].
Mezzotint (n.) A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.
Mezzotint (v. t.) To engrave in mezzotint.
Mezzotint (n.) Print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade.
Mezzotinter (n.) One who engraves in mezzotint.
Mezzotinto (n.) Mezzotint.
Mezzotintoed (imp. & p. p.) of Mezzotinto.
Mezzotintoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mezzotinto.
Mezzotinto (v. t.) To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint.
Mhorr (n.) (Zool.) See Mohr.
Mohr (n.) (Zool.) A West African gazelle ({Gazella mohr), having horns on which are eleven or twelve very prominent rings.
It is one of the species which produce bezoar. [Written also mhorr.]
Mi (n.) [It.] (Mus.) A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e., to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the American system.
Compare: Centesimo
Centesimo (n.; pl.) -mi [It. & Sp.] A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime.
MI (n.) Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle [syn: myocardial infarction, myocardial infarct, MI].
MI (n.) A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile [syn: nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile].
MI (n.) A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude [syn: nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile].
MI (n.) A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters [syn: mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile, mi].
MI (n.) A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region [syn: Michigan, Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI].
MI (n.) The government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory [syn: Security Service, MI, Military Intelligence Section 5].
MI (n.) The government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas [syn: Secret Intelligence Service, MI, Military Intelligence Section 6].
MI (n.) The syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization.
MI, () Management Interface.
Mi-Wuk Village, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 1485
Housing Units (2000): 1268
Land area (2000): 3.363309 sq. miles (8.710931 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.007478 sq. miles (0.019368 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.370787 sq. miles (8.730299 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48298
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 38.061053 N, 120.187524 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mi-Wuk Village, CA
Mi-Wuk Village
Mi, CA
Mi
Miamis (n. pl.; sing. Miami.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country between
the Wabash and Maumee rivers.
Miargyrite (n.) (Min.) A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver.
Mias (n.) [Malayan.] The orang-outang.
Miascite (n.) (Min.) A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elaeolite, and sodalite.
Miasm (n.) Miasma.
Miasm (n.) An unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay" [syn: miasma, miasm].
Miasm (n.) Unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; "the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke" [syn: miasma, miasm].
Miasmata (n. pl. ) of Miasma.
Miasma (n.) 沼氣；臭氣；不良影響 Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
Miasma (n.) An unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay" [syn: miasma, miasm].
Miasma (n.) Unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; "the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke" [syn: miasma, miasm].
Miasmal (a.) Containing miasma; miasmatic. Miasmatic
Miasmal (a.) Filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog" [syn: miasmal, miasmic, vaporous, vapourous].
Miasmatic (a.) Alt. of Miasmatical.
Miasmatical (a.) Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases.
Miasmatist (n.) One who has made a special study of miasma.
Miasmology (n.) That department of medical science which treats of miasma.
Miauled (imp. & p. p.) of Miaul.
Miauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Miaul.
Miaul (v. i.) To cry as a cat; to mew; to caterwaul. -- Sir W. Scott.
Miaul (n.) The crying of a cat.
Miaul (n.) The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) [syn: meow, mew, miaou, miaow, miaul].
Mica (n.) (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer.
Note: The important species of the mica group are: muscovite, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including damourite (also called hydromica and muscovy glass); biotite, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; lepidomelane, iron, mica, black; phlogopite, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; lepidolite, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac.
Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) Is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; biotite is common in many eruptive rocks; phlogopite in crystalline limestone and serpentine.
Mica diorite (Min.), An eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.
Mica powder, A kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica.
Mica schist, Mica slate (Geol.), A schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar.
Mica (n.) Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity [syn: mica, isinglass].
MICA, () MODEM ISDN Channel Integration (Telebit, MODEM, ISDN)
Micaceo-calcareous (a.) (Geol.) Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime; -- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of lime.
Micaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, mica; splitting into laminae or leaves like mica.
Micaceous (a.) Hydrous silicates of or relating to or resembling mica.
Mice (n.) pl. of Mouse.
MICE, () Modular Integrated Communications Environment.
Mouse
Mice
The most commonly used computer pointing device, first introduced by Douglas Engelbart in 1968.
The mouse is a device used to manipulate an on-screen pointer that's normally shaped like an arrow.
With the mouse in hand, the computer user can select, move, and change items on the screen.
A conventional roller-ball mouse is slid across the surface of the desk, often on a mouse mat. As the mouse moves, a ball set in a depression on the underside of the mouse rolls accordingly. The ball is also in contact with two small shafts set at right angles to each other inside the mouse.
The rotating ball turns the shafts, and sensors inside the mouse measure the shafts' rotation. The distance and direction information from the sensors is then transmitted to the computer, usually through a connecting wire - the mouse's "tail". The computer then moves the mouse pointer on the screen to follow the movements of the mouse. This may be done directly by the graphics adaptor, but where it involves the processor the task should be assigned a high priority to avoid any perceptible delay.
Some mice are contoured to fit the shape of a person's right hand, and some come in left-handed versions. Other mice are
symmetrical.
Included on the mouse are usually two or three buttons that the user may press, or click, to initiate various actions such as running programs or opening files.
The left-most button (the primary mouse button) is operated with the index finger to select and activate objects represented on the screen.
Different operating systems and graphical user interfaces have different conventions for using the other button(s).
Typical operations include calling up a context-sensitive menu, modifying the selection, or pasting text.
With fewer mouse buttons these require combinations of mouse and keyboard actions.
Between its left and right buttons, a mouse may also have a wheel that can be used for scrolling or other special operations defined by the software.
Some systems allow the mouse button assignments to be swapped round for left-handed users.
Just moving the pointer across the screen with the mouse typically does nothing (though some CAD systems respond to patterns of mouse movement with no buttons pressed).
Normally, the pointer is positioned over something on the screen (an icon or a menu item), and the user then clicks a mouse button to actually affect the screen display.
The five most common "gestures" performed with the mouse are: point (to place the pointer over an on-screen item), click
(to press and release a mouse button), double-click to press and release a mouse button twice in rapid succession, right-click (to press and releaset he right mouse button"> right-click (to press and release the right mouse button, and drag (to hold down the mouse button while moving the mouse).
Most modern computers include a mouse as standard equipment.
However, some systems, especially portable laptop and notebook models, may have a trackball, touchpad or Trackpoint on or next to the keyboard.
These input devices work like the mouse, but take less space and don't need a desk.
Many other alternatives to the conventional roller-ball mouse exist.
A tailless mouse, or hamster, transmits its information with infrared impulses.
A foot-controlled > mouse is one used on the floor underneath the desk. An optical mouse uses a light-emitting diode and photocells instead of a rolling ball to track its position. Some optical designs may require a special mouse mat marked with a grid, others, like the Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer, work on nearly any surface.
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MICE, () (MICE) A project which aims to create a pilot (virtual) network between European researchers, and also to connect them to sites in the US. The MICE system multimedia conferencing ({audio">currently allows multimedia conferencing ({audio, video and shared workspace) between conference rooms and workstation-based facilities, hardware and software, packet-switched networks and ISDN, using both unicast (point-to-point) and multicast (multi-point) protocols.
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Micellae (n. pl. ) of Micella.
Micella (n.) (Biol.) A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution without change in chemical nature. Mich
Mich (v. i.) Alt. of Miche.
Miche (v. i.) To lie hid; to skulk; to act, or carry one's self, sneakingly. [Obs. or Colloq.] [Written also meach and meech.] -- Spenser.
Michaelmas (n.) The feat of the archangel Michael, a church festival, celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn.
Michaelmas daisy. (Bot.) See under Daisy.
Michaelmas (n.) Honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: Michaelmas, Michaelmas Day, September 29].
Micher (n.) One who skulks, or keeps out of sight; hence, a truant; an idler; a thief, etc. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Michery (prop. n.) Theft; cheating. [Obs.] -- Gower.
Miching (a.) Hiding; skulking; cowardly. [Colloq.] [Written also meaching and meeching.] Mick
Mickle (a.) 很多的，許多的 Much; great. [Written also muckle and mockle.] [Old Eng. & Scot.] "A man of mickle might." -- Spenser.
Micmacs (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians inhabiting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. [Written also Mikmaks.]
Mico (n.) (Zool.) A small South American monkey ({Mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety.
MICO, () MICO Is CORBA (ORB, CORBA, Uni Frankfurt).
Micracoustic (a.) Same as Microustic.
Micraster (n.) (Paleon.) A genus of sea urchins, similar to Spatangus, abounding in the chalk formation; -- from the starlike disposal of the ambulacral furrows.
Micrencephalous, () Having a small brain. Micro
Micro- () Alt. of Micr-
Micr- () A combining form signifying:
Micr- () Small, little, trivial, slight; as, microcosm, microscope.
Micr- () (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.) A millionth part of; as, microfarad, microohm, micrometer.
Microampere (n.) (Elec.) One of the smaller measures of electrical currents; the millionth part of one ampere.
Microbacteria (n. pl.) (Biol.) In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes of Bacteria.
Note: In this classification bacteria are divided into four tribes: 1. Spherobacteria, or spherical bacteria, as the genus Micrococcus. 2. Microbacteria, or bacteria in the form of short rods, including the genus Bacterium. 3. Desmobacteria, or bacteria in straight filaments, of which the genus Bacillus is a type. 4. Spirobacteria, or bacteria in spiral filaments, as the genus Vibrio.
Microbe (n.) Alt. of Microbion.
Microbe, Microbion (n.) (Biol.) A microscopic organism; a microorganism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera. microbial
Microbe (n.) A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use [syn: microbe, bug, germ].
Microbiology (n.) 微生物學 The branch of biology studying minute organisms, or microbes, such as the bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa. -- Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al, a. -- Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist, n. Microcephalic
Compare: Microcephalic
Microcephalic (a. & n.) 【醫】畸形小頭的 (Medicine) See microcephaly.
‘Affected children are microcephalic, have intractable seizures, and their neurological development is severely impaired.’
Microcephaly (n.) (Medicine) 畸形小頭 Abnormal smallness of the head, a congenital condition associated with incomplete brain development.
‘Congenital brain anomalies like microcephaly, abnormal cortical mantle formation, agenesis of the corpus callosum have been reported.’
Microbiology (n.) The branch of biology studying minute organisms, or microbes, such as the bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa. -- Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al, a. -- Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist, n. Microcephalic
Microbiology (n.) The branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans.
Microbion (n.) (Biol.) 微生物 A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera. microbial
Microbial, microbian (a.) (Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, microbial growth; the microbian theory; a microbian disease.
Microbic (a.) (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a microbe.
Microbic (a.) Of or involving or caused by or being microbes; "microbial warfare" [syn: microbial, microbic].
Microbicide (n.) (Biol.) Any agent detrimental to, or destructive of, the life of microbes or bacterial organisms.
Microcephalic (a.) Alt. of Microcephalous.
Microcephalous (a.) (Anat.) Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to megacephalic. microchemical
Microcephalous (a.) Having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain; "a nanocephalic dwarf" [syn: microcephalic, microcephalous, nanocephalic].
Micro-chemical (a.) Of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; as, a micro-chemical test. microchemistry
Micro-chemistry (n.) The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy; -- distinguished from macro-chemistry.
Microchronometer (n.) A chronoscope.
Microcline (n.) (Min.) A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.
Micrococcal (a.) Of or pertaining to micrococci; caused by micrococci. -- Nature.
Micrococci (n. pl. ) of Micrococcus.
Micrococcus (n.) (Biol.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus.
Note: Physiologically, micrococci are divided into three groups; chromogenic, characterized by their power of forming pigment; zymogenic, including those associated with definite chemical processes; and pathogenic, those connected with disease.
Micrococcus (n.) Type genus of the family Micrococcaceae [syn: Micrococcus, genus Micrococcus].
Microcosm (n.) A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm. -- Shak.
Microcosm (n.) A relatively small object or system considered as representative of a larger system of which it is part, exhibiting many features of the complete system. Microcosmic
Microcosm (n.) A miniature model of something.
Microcosmic (a.) Alt. of Microcosmical.
Microcosmical (a.) Of or pertaining to the microcosm.
Microcosmic salt (Chem.), A white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate. It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and called sal microcosmicum.
Microcosmography (n.) Description of man as a microcosm.
Microcoulomb (n.) (Elec.) A measure of electrical quantity; the millionth part of one coulomb.
Microcoustic (a.) Pertaining, or suited, to the audition of small sounds; fitted to assist hearing.
Microcoustic (n.) An instrument for making faint sounds audible, as to a partially deaf person.
Microcrith (n.) (Chem.) The weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the hydrogen atom, at one time taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of the elements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. This unit is no longer used, and has been replaced by the Dalton, which is of approximately the same value. See molecular weight and Crith. -- J. P. Cooke.
Microcrystalline (a.) (Crystallog.) Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline.
Microcrystalline (a.) Containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope.
Microcyte (n.) (Physiol.) One of the elementary granules found in blood. They are much smaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly noticeable in disease, as in anaemia.
Microcyte (n.) An abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter).
Microdont (a.) (Anat.) Having small teeth.
Microfarad (n.) (Elec.) The millionth part of a farad.
Microfarad (n.) A unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad.
Microform (n.) (Biol.) A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable organism microscopic size.
Micro-geological (a.) Of or pertaining to micro-geology.
Micro-geology (n.) The part of geology relating to structure and organisms which require to be studied with a microscope.
Micrograph (n.) An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
Micrograph (n.) A graphic image, such as a photograph or drawing, representing an object as seen with a microscope, usually much enlarged as compared with the original object. A photograph of a microscopic image is also called a photomicrograph or microphotograph.
Micrographic (a.) Of or pertaining to micrography.
Micrography (n.) The description of microscopic objects.
Micrography (n.) Examination or study by means of the microscope, as of an etched surface of metal to determine its structure.
Microhm (n.) (Elec.) The millionth part of an ohm.
Microlepidoptera (n. pl.) (Zool.) A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.
Microlestes (n.) (Paleon.) An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest yet found in European strata.
Microlite (n.) (Min.) A rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific gravity. It is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral crystals usually very minute.
Microlite (n.) (Min.) A minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals or rocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope.
Microlith (n.) (Min.) Same as Microlite, 2.
Microlithic (a.) Formed of small stones. Micrologic
Micrologic (a.) Alt. of Micrological.
Micrological (a.) Of or pertaining to micrology; very minute; as, micrologic examination. -- Mi`cro*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Micrology (n.) That part of science which treats of microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation.
Micrology (n.) Attention to petty items or differences. -- W. Taylor.
Micromere (n.) (Biol.) One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from the complete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum.
Micrometer (n.) An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass.
Circular micrometer, or Ring micrometer, A metallic ring fixed in the focus of the object glass of a telescope, and used to determine differences of right ascension and declination between stars by observations of the times at which the stars cross the inner or outer periphery of the ring.
Double image micrometer, A micrometer in which two images of an object are formed in the field, usually by the two halves of a bisected lens which are movable along their line of section by a screw, and distances are determined by the number of screw revolutions necessary to bring the points to be measured into optical coincidence. When the two images are formed by a bisected object glass, it is called a divided-object-glass micrometer, and when the instrument is large and equatorially mounted, it is known as a heliometer.
Double refraction micrometer, A species of double image micrometer, in which the two images are formed by the double refraction of rock crystal.
Filar micrometer, or Bifilar micrometer. See under Bifilar.
Micrometer caliper or Micrometer gauge (Mech.), A caliper or gauge with a micrometer screw, for measuring dimensions with great accuracy.
Micrometer head, The head of a micrometer screw.
Micrometer microscope, A compound microscope combined with a filar micrometer, used chiefly for reading and subdividing the divisions of large astronomical and geodetical instruments.
Micrometer screw, A screw with a graduated head used in some forms of micrometers; turning the head one full revolution advances the position of the tip of the screw only by a little.
Position micrometer. See under Position.
Scale micrometer, or Linear micrometer, A minute and very delicately graduated scale of equal parts used in the field of a telescope or microscope, for measuring distances by direct comparison. Micrometric
Micrometer (n.) A metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter [syn: micron, micrometer].
Micrometer (n.) Caliper for measuring small distances [syn: micrometer, micrometer gauge, micrometer caliper].
Micrometric (a.) Alt. of Micrometrical.
Micrometrical (a.) Belonging to micrometry; made by the micrometer. -- Mi`cro*met"ric*al*ly, adv.