METAPHYSICS
METAPHYS'ICS, noun s as z. [Gr. after, and physics. It is said that this name was given to the science by Aristotle or his followers, who considered the science of natural bodie...
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METAPLASM
MET'APLASM, noun [Gr. transformation; over, and to form.]In grammar, a transmutation or change made in a word by transposing or retrenching a syllable or letter.
METASTASIS
METAS'TASIS, noun [Gr. mutation; over, and to place.] A translation or removal of a disease form one part to another, or such an alteration as is succeeded by a solution.
METATARSAL
METATAR'SAL, adjective [from metatarsus.] Belonging to the metatarsus.
METATARSUS
METATAR'SUS, noun [Gr. beyond, and tarsus.] The middle of the foot, or part between the ankle and the toes.
METATHESIS
METATH'ESIS, noun [Gr. over, and to set.]1. Transposition; a figure by which the letters or syllables of a word are transposed; as pistris for pristis.2. In medicine, a change o...
METE
METE, verb transitive [Latin metior; Heb. to measure.] To measure; to ascertain quantity, dimensions or capacity by any rule or standard. [Obsolescent.]METE, noun Measure; limit...
METEMPSYCHOSE
METEMP'SYCHOSE, verb transitive To translate from one body to another, as the soul.
METEMPSYCHOSIS
METEMPSYCHO'SIS, noun [Gr. beyond, and animation, life; to animate.]Transmigration; the passing of the soul of a man after death into some other animal body. Pythagoras and his ...
METEMPTOSIS
METEMP'TOSIS, noun [Gr. after, and to fall.] In chronology, the solar equation necessary to prevent the new moon from happening a day too late, or the suppression of the bissext...
METEOR
ME'TEOR, noun [Gr. sublime, lofty.]1. In a general sense, a body that flies or floats in the air, and in this sense it includes rain, hail, snow, etc. But in a restricted sense,...
METEORIC
METEOR'IC, adjective Pertaining to meteors; consisting of meteors.1. Proceeding from a meteor; as meteoric stones.
METEORIZE
ME'TEORIZE, verb intransitive To ascend in vapors. [Not used.]
METEOROLITE
MET'EOROLITEMETEOROLOG'ICMETEOROLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena. A meteorological table or register is an account of the state of the air and ...
METEOROLOGIC
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METEOROLOGICAL
METEOROLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena. A meteorological table or register is an account of the state of the air and its temperature, weight, dryness...
METEOROLOGIST
METEOROL'OGISTMETEOROL'OGY, noun [Gr. lofty, and discourse.] The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly in its relation to heat and moisture.
METEOROLOGY
METEOROL'OGY, n. [Gr. lofty, and discourse.] The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly in its relation to heat and moisture.
METEOROMANCY
METEOROM'ANCYMETEOROS'COPY, noun [Gr. lofty, and to view.] That part of astronomy which treats of sublime heavenly bodies, distance of stars, etc.
METEOROUS
METE'OROUS, adjective Having the nature of a meteor.
METER
ME'TER, noun [from mete.] One who measures; used in compounds, as in coal-meter, land-meter.ME'TER, noun [Latin metrum.]1. Measure; verse; arrangement of poetical feet, or of lo...
METEROLITE
MET'EROLITE, noun A meteoric stone; a stone or solid compound of earthy and metallic matter which falls to the earth after the displosion of a luminous meteor or fire ball; call...
METEROLOGIST
METEROL'OGIST, noun A person skilled in meteors; one who studies the phenomena of meteors, or keeps a register of them.
METEROMANCY
METEROM'ANCY, noun [Gr. a meteor, and divination.] A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning; held in high estimation by the Romans.
METEWAND
ME'TEWAND, noun [mete and wand.] A staff or rod of a certain length, used as a measure.
METEYARD
ME'TEYARD, noun A yard, staff or rod, used as a measure. [We now use yard.]
METHEGLIN
METHEG'LIN, noun A liquor made of honey and water boiled and fermented, often enriched with spices.