Webster's Dictionary 1913

2809

Metastatic

Met′a‐stat″ic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth.

2810

Metasternal

Met′a‐ster″nal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the metasternum.

2811

Metasternum

‖Met′a‐ster″num (?), n. [Pref. meta- + sternum.] 1. (Anat.) The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.2. (Zoöl.) The ventral plate of the thi...

2812

Metastoma

{ ‖Me‐tas″to‐ma (?), Met″a‐stome (?), } n. [NL. metastoma, from Gr. μετά behind + στόμα mouth.] (Zoöl.) A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.

2813

Metatarsal

Met′a‐tar″sal (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the metatarsus. — n. A metatarsal bone.

2814

Metatarse

Met″a‐tarse (?), n.(Anat.) Metatarsus.

2815

Metatarsus

Met′a‐tar″sus (?), n.; pl.Metatarsi (#). [NL. See Meta-, and Tarsus.] (Anat.) That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It...

2816

Metate

‖Me‐ta″te (?), n. [Sp., fr. Mex. metlatl.] A flat or somewhat hollowed stone upon which grain or other food is ground, by means of a smaller stone or pestle.

2817

Metathesis

Me‐tath″e‐sis (?), n.; pl.Metatheses (�). [L., fr. Gr. μετάθεσισ, fr. μετατιθέναι to place differently, to transpose; μετά beyond, over + τιθέναι to place, set. See Thesis.] 1. ...

2818

Metathetic

{ Met′a‐thet″ic (?), Met′a‐thet″ic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to metathesis.

2819

Metathoracic

Met′a‐tho‐rac″ic (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the metathorax.

2820

Metathorax

Met′a‐tho″rax (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. métathorax. See Meta-, and Thorax.] (Zoöl.) The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

2821

Metatitanic

Met′a‐ti‐tan″ic (?), a. [Pref. meta- + titanic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of titanium analogous to metasilicic acid.

2822

Metatungstate

Met′a‐tung″state (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of metatungstic acid.

2823

Metatungstic

Met′a‐tung″stic (?), a. [Pref. meta- + tungstic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid known only in its salts (the metatungstates) and properly called polytungsti...

2824

Metavanadate

Met′a‐van″a‐date (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of metavanadic acid.

2825

Metavanadic

Met′a‐va‐nad″ic (?), a. [Pref. meta- + vanadic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a vanadic acid analogous to metaphosphoric acid.

2826

Metaxylene

Met′a‐xy″lene (?), n. [Pref. meta- + xylene.] (Chem.) That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each...

2827

Métayage

‖Mé′ta′yage″ (?), n. [F. See Métayer.] A system of farming on halves.

2828

Métayer

‖Mé′ta′yer″ (F.?; E.?), n. [F., fr. LL. medietarius, fr. L. medius middle, half. See Mid, a.] One who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of its yield, receiving stoc...

2829

Metazoa

‖Met′a‐zo″a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � after + ζο̑ͅον an animal.] (Zoöl.) Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass, constituting the egg, is converted into a multitude of c...

2830

Metazoan

Met′a‐zo″an (?), n.; pl.Metazoans (�). (Zoöl.) One of the Metazoa.

2831

Metazoic

Met′a‐zo″ic (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Metazoa.

2832

Metazoön

‖Met′a‐zo″ön (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Metazoa.

2833

Mete

Mete (?), n. Meat. Chaucer.

2834

Mete (2)

Mete, v. t. & i. To meet. Chaucer.

2835

Mete (3)

Mete, v. i. & t. [imp.Mette (?); p. p.Met.] [AS. m�tan.] To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. “I mette of him all night.” Chaucer.