Webster's Dictionary 1913

2026

Meg-

{ Meg– (mĕg–), Meg″a (mĕg″ȧ–), Meg″a‐lo– (–lō̍–) }. [Gr. μέγασ, gen. μεγάλου, great.] Combining forms signifying: (a) Great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm. (b) (Me...

2027

Megacephalic

{ Meg′a‐ce‐phal″ic (mĕg′ȧ‐sē̍‐făl″ĭk), Meg′a‐ceph″a‐lous (–sĕf″ȧ‐lŭs) }, a. [Mega- + Gr. κεφαλή head.] (Biol.) Large headed; — applied to animals, and to plants when they have l...

2028

Megaceros

‖Me‐gac″e‐ros (mē̍‐găs″ē̍‐rŏs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέγασ great + κέρασ horn.] (Paleon.) The Irish elk.

2029

Megachile

Meg″a‐chile (?), n. [Mega- + Gr. � lip.] (Zoöl.) A leaf-cutting bee of the genus Megachilus. See Leaf cutter, under Leaf.

2030

Megacosm

Meg″a‐cosm (?), n. [Mega- + Gr. � world.] See Macrocosm. Croft.

2031

Megacoulomb

Meg′a‐cou′lomb″ (?), n. [Mega- + coulomb.] (Elec.) A million coulombs.

2032

Megaderm

Meg″a‐derm (?), n. [Mega- + Gr. � skin.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of Old World blood-sucking bats of the genus Megaderma.

2033

Megadyne

Meg″a‐dyne (?), n. [Mega- + dyne.] (Physics) One of the larger measures of force, amounting to one million dynes.

2034

Megafarad

Meg″a‐far′ad (?), n. [Mega- + farad.] (Elec.) One of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad.

2035

Megalerg

Meg″a‐lerg (?), n. [Megalo- + erg.] (Physics) A million ergs; a megerg.

2036

Megalesian

Meg′a‐le″sian (?), a. [L. Megalesius, fr. Gr. Μεγάλη the Great, a surname of Cybele, the Magna Mater.] Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian games at Rome.

2037

Megalethoscope

Meg′a‐leth″o‐scope (?), n. [Mega- + alethoscope.] An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the...

2038

Megalith

Meg″a‐lith (?), n. [Mega- + -lith; cf. F. mégalithe.] A large stone; especially, a large stone used in ancient building. — Meg′a‐lith″ic (#), a.

2039

Megalo- (2)

Meg″a‐lo– (?). See Meg-.

2040

Megalocephalia

{ ‖Meg′a‐lo‐ce‐pha″li‐a (?), Meg′a‐lo‐ceph″a‐ly (?) }, n. [NL. megalocephalia, fr. Gr. � having a large head.] (Med.) The condition of having an abnormally large head. — Meg′a‐l...

2041

Megalocyte

Meg″a‐lo‐cyte (?), n. [Megalo- + Gr. � a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers...

2042

Megalomania

Meg′a‐lo‐ma″ni‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. megalo- + mania.] (Pathol.) A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.

2043

Megalonyx

‖Meg′a‐lon″yx (?), n. [NL., from Gr. μέγασ, μεγάλη, great + ὄνυξ claw.] (Paleon.) An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.

2044

Megalophonous

Meg′a‐loph″o‐nous (mĕg′ȧ‐lŏf″ō̍‐nŭs), a. [Megalo- + Gr. φωνή voice.] Having a loud voice.

2045

Megalopolis

Meg′a‐lop″o‐lis (–lŏp″ō̍‐lĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μεγαλόπολισ; μέγασ, μεγάλη, great + πόλισ city.] A chief city; a metropolis.

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Megalops

Meg″a‐lops (mĕg″ȧ‐lŏps), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέγασ, -άλου, large + ὤψ eye.] (Zoöl.) 1. A larva, in a stage following the zoëa, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the l...

2047

Megalopsychy

Meg′a‐lop″sy‐chy (?), n. [Megalo- + Gr. � soul, mind.] Greatness of soul.

2048

Megalosaur

{ Meg″a‐lo‐saur′ (?), ‖Meg′a‐lo‐sau″rus (?), } n. [NL. megalosaurus, fr. Gr. μέγασ, μεγάλη, great + σαυ̑ροσ lizard: cf. F. mégalosaure.] (Paleon.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosau...

2049

Megameter

Me‐gam″e‐ter (?), n. [Mega- + -meter: cf. F. mégamètre.] (Physics) 1. An instrument for determining longitude by observation of the stars.2. A micrometer. Knight.

2050

Megameter (2)

{ Meg″a‐me′ter, Meg″a‐me′tre } (?), n. [Mega- + meter, metre, n., 2.] In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand kilometers.

2051

Megampère

Meg′am′père″ (?), n. [Mega- + ampère.] (Elec.) A million ampères.

2052

Megaphone

Meg″a‐phone (?), n. [Mega- + Gr. φωνή voice.] A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, such as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpe...