Webster's Dictionary 1913

2674

Mestee

Mes‐tee″ (?), n. [See Mestizo.] The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; — so called in the West Indies. [Written also mustee.]

2675

Mester

Mes″ter (?), n. See Mister, a trade.

2676

Mestino

Mes‐ti″no (?), n.; pl.Mestinos (�). See Mestizo.

2677

Mestizo

Mes‐ti″zo (?), n.; pl.Mestizos (#). [Sp. mestizo; akin to OF. mestis, F. métis; all fr. (assumed) LL. mixtitius, fr. L. mixtus mixed, p. p. of miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf. M...

2678

Mestling

Mest″ling (?), n. A kind of brass. See Maslin.

2679

Mesymnicum

‖Me‐sym″ni‐cum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέσοσ middle + � a festive song. See Hymn.] (Anc. Poetry) A repetition at the end of a stanza.

2680

Met

Met (?), imp. & p. p. of Meet.

2681

Met (2)

Met, obs.imp. & p. p. of Mete, to measure. Chapman.

2682

Met (3)

Met, obs.p. p. of Mete, to dream. Chaucer.

2683

Meta-

{ Met″a– (?), Met– (?) }. [Gr. μετά between, with, after; akin to AS. mid with, G. mit, Goth. miþ, E. mid, in midwife.] 1. A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, a...

2684

Metabasis

Me‐tab″a‐sis (?), n.; pl.Metabases (#). 1. (Rhet.) A transition from one subject to another.2. (Med.) Same as Metabola.

2685

Metabola

{ ‖Me‐tab″o‐la (?), ‖Me‐tab″o‐le (?), } n.(Med.) A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment.

2686

Metabola (2)

{ ‖Me‐tab″o‐la (?), ‖Met′a‐bo″li‐a (?), } n. pl. [NL. See 1st Metabola.] (Zoöl.) A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis.

2687

Metabolian

Met′a‐bo″li‐an (?), n. [See Metabola.] (Zoöl.) An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis.

2688

Metabolic

Met′a‐bol″ic (?), a. [Gr. �. See Metabola.] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.2. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, m...

2689

Metabolisis

‖Met′a‐bol″i‐sis (?), n. Metabolism.

2690

Metabolism

Me‐tab″o‐lism (?), n.(Physiol.) The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them b...

2691

Metabolism (2)

Me‐tab″o‐lism (?), n.(Biol.) The series of chemical changes which take place in an organism, by means of which food is manufactured and utilized and waste materials are eliminated.

2692

Metabolite

Me‐tab″o‐lite (?), n.(Physiol Chem.) A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea.

2693

Metabolize

Me‐tab″o‐lize (?), v. t. & i.(Physiol.) To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism.

2694

Metabranchial

Met′a‐bran″chi‐al (?), a. [Meta- + branchial.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiæ.

2695

Metacarpal

Met′a‐car″pal (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the metacarpus. — n. A metacarpal bone.

2696

Metacarpus

Met′a‐car″pus (?), n.(Anat.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

2697

Metacenter

{ Met′a‐cen″ter (?) or–tre }, n. [Pref. meta- + center.] (Hydrostatics) The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a fl...

2698

Metacetone

Me‐tac″e‐tone (?), n. [Pref. met- + acetone.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C6H10O, obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; — so called because fo...

2699

Metachloral

Met′a‐chlo″ral (?), n. [Pref. meta- + chloral.] (Chem.) A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral.

2700

Metachronism

Me‐tach″ro‐nism (?), n. [Gr. �, �, after the time, happening afterward; � beyond + � time: cf. F. métachronisme.] An error committed in chronology by placing an event after its ...