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`metal: oF metallo- comb form [NLfr. L metallum): metal (metaltg
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`Pngasie Amactaclik\ adj) (5c) boo: of, reliting to, or bejn,
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`mage \'mes-wih [ME,
`fr AF, prot. alter, of OF mesnage —
`more
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`PREMISE
`3b
`metal
`bo: made of or containing a metal
`e ; having prop|ertics af
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`metephys-ic
`metal 2: yielding me
`3: resembling, metal: as a: having itider
`messy \'me
`ai of or re
`-se\ cel) mess-ber; est (1843) 1: narked by con
`centund reflective properties (~ blond hair> bs having an aend gy “
`disorder, or clint
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`having a typ
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`cuits) — messiely \'me-so-le\ adv— messiness \imie-
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`chanical quality ¢a ~ smile>— me-tal-liealely \-li-k(a-)e\ ady
`es
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`and 1M ‘ked
` beza \ineuié-za\ a [Sp.fent. of mestiza] (ca, 1582) > 8 wormin who
`tmetallic n (1952): a fiber or yarn made of or coated with metal; gi,
`(ek(a HEN arly
`+ a fabric made with this
`so
`fs a mestiza
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`L-ifla-dras\ adj (L metallifer,
`(rf. metallia 4
`met-allifersous \,mo-t
`mesti-zo (1204 n. pl -zos (Sp, fr. mrestizo, naj. mixed, fr. LL imix
`meta-phliy-sivci
`-fer-ferous] (ca: 1656)
`ticius, fr. Lomixtus, pp. of miscére te mix
`— more at MIX] (1582): 0
`2 yielding or containing metal
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`jal In motaphyys
`met-allize uso metabize Vine-tliz\ vl met-al-lized also metea),
`person of mixed bload: speci: a personof mixed European and Amer-
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`mett-phys-ics
`ican
`Indiat anecstry
`ized: met-al-liz-ing also metenl-iz-ing (1594):
`to coat, treat, or com.
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`of Aristotle's
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`bine with a metal — metealel wétion \,me-tl-a-‘za-shan\ 4
`a
`mestra-nol
`\imes-tronel, nln [meth= + estrogen + prepnanc
`the (works) aft
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`(C5\Hy) + al] (1962): a synthetic eotrogen Cy(HyyO) used in oral
`met-al-loz-ra-phy \,m
`-gra-fev n (IS¥] (ca. 1864) 5 4 study of {he
`f metals esp. with the microscope
`met-al-lop-raspher
`contraceptives
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`workat 1569)
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`with the
`funda
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`\met"}-i-grafary, n — me-tal-
`spraph-ic \ma-tacte-"era-fik\, adj
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`met past and past part of MEET
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`ontology, Cosi
`meta- of met- profix [NL & ML, fr, L or Gk; L, fr. Gk, amone, with,
`mestallowgraph-lcatty \-pra-fi-k(oley ady
`pabstmet phil
`after, fr. meta
`among, with, alter; akin to OE. mid, mith w
`OHG
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`lmet-aldoid
`\ime-tloid\ #1832) 2: a nonm ial that can combing
`axpetience 2:
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`with a metal to form an allsy 2: an element intermediate in propos,
`mith
`Lo a: Gecurr
`later than or in succession tt: after Gmefestrus?
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`meta-pla-sin \-
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`b: situated behind or beyond émetencephalon? émetacarpus> c: later
`ties between the typical metals and nonmetals
`tissue: (tO Annet
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`Imetalloid alsa met-al-loiedal \ane-t"l-'oi-dl\ adj (ca. 1850) 1s re
`op more highly organized oF specialized form of Cmetaxylem)
`calls of
`another
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`: change : transformation=3 (ynetupliysics] more comprehensive
`sembling a metal 2: of, relating to, or being a metalloid
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`metepsy-chals
`t transeending (metapsychology)
`used with the name of a discipline
`metallophone \ma-'ta-lofon\ 7 (ca. 1883) : a percussion musical
`mychalogy con
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`to designateanew but related discipline designed to deal critically with
`instrument consisting of a series of metal bars of varying pitch struck
`td) and process:
`the original one Gmelamiathem ies)
`4 a: involving substitution ot
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`with hammers
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`onstrated! objec
`or characterized! bytwopositi
`n the bertizene ring that are acpurated
`metese-quola |
`met-al-lur-gy \'me-tl-arjé esp rit ma-iu-lar-\ 0 [NL metallurga,fr.
`a:
`noe) of fossil a
`by one carbon atomGrreta-x,
`© br derived from by loss af watet
`metall- + -urgia -urey].@o 1704):
`the sctence and technology of met-
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`émetaphosphoric
`ucid>
`als — met-ul-luregivcal \yme-f"l-'or-j- al\, adj — metal-lur-gi-cably
`family that ov
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`\ek(a-Jle\ adv — met-al-lurepist \'ne-t"l-yar- jst, esp Brit mo-"ta-lop\ 7
`AW
`pai-lky, acl (1845) : af, relating to, or based on
`flat leaves resem
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`meta-so-ma-tisn
`met-alemark \me-tlwmiirk\
`nm ca. yo09)): any of i family (Ri-
`metabol
`metabolically \-livk(o-NE\ addy
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`me-tabsosdism \ma-'ta-ba-li- om,
`nm [ISW. fr. Gik metabolé change, Ir.
`odimdae) of small or
`medium-sized usu. brightly colored chiefly tropi-
`involves change:
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`metaballein to chanige, fri meta + hallein to throw — more ot DEVIL |
`of rock — meta.
`eal butterflies that often have metallic c vloration on the wings
`(1872)
`1) a: the sumof the processes in the buildup and destruction
`met-al-smith \-ismith\ a (ido) a person skilled on metalworking
`meta-sta-ble \-":
`of protoplasm; spect’:
`the chemical changes in living cells by which
`metalware \-,war, +Wwer\ 1 (1896) : ware made of metals exp y metal
`only a slight ma)
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`utensils for houschaldtse
`energy is providedfor vital
`processes and actlvitics god new maternal 1s
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`nilated bythe sum of
`the processes by which o particular sub-
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`met-alework \-;wark\ 1 (ca 1850) :
`the
`product of metalworking; esp
`metas-ta-sis \m
`is handled in the living bady
`+ the sum of the retubolic ac-
`= p metal object
`of artistic merit — met-al-work-er \-war-kor\ 1
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`tion, fr. Gk, fr.
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`the act or process of shaping
`ng place in a particular environment dthe ~ af aluke)
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`things out of metal
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`sing in constr Cea. 1890.
`stance essential
`to the netabolism of a particular organism or
`to bt
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`structure and properties
`‘ay the consistency and conrpleteness of ani:
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`mestabeorliae \-lie\ vb -lized:
`ing vi (1887):
`to subject to metab=
`oms) of mathematical systems
`met:
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`invertebrate or
`olism, “ovis to perform metabolism — me-tab-o-lizeable \ma-ta-ba-
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`meta-«mere \'me-ta-mir\ tt usv] (1877) : any ofa
`eet Sime \r
`"ieza-bal\ adj
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`i Yor as
`if by met
`itively similar segments into whieh the body of a hi
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`Mettar-gad \ym
`Imeta-car-pal \me-to-
`cair-pal\ ad) (1739) 5 af, relating to, or being the
`vertebrate 1 divisible — meta-mer-ic \,me-le-'me
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`metacarpus or iy meta
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`metaemericaledly \-i-ki@-e\ adv
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`sand
`the phi
`he a huma
`metam-er-ism \mea
`fenio-n-zam\, A (1877) ; the condition of having
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`tmetnearpal n (1854):
`a bone of the part of the hand or forefoot be-
`*wotatarsal m ¢1
`or the stage of evolutionary development characterized by a body made
`tween the carpus and the phalanges that typically contains five more.or
`Mtietiresus \,mi
`up of metameres
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`Jess elongated bones when all the digits-are present
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`WMAToot or ef ;
`metiemor-phic \yme-to-'mor-fik adJ (181 6) 1: of or relating (0
`metaecarepus
`\me-to-"kiit-pou\ 1 ENL] (1676):
`the pars of the hand: or
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`metamorphosis 2afa rock: of reluting to, or produced by metamor
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`forcloot that contains the metacarpats
`i ate Am"
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`metacen-ter \'1
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`phism — meta-mor-phi “lely \-ft-k(a-Me\ aay
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`metamorphism \-'mdrfi-zam\. 1 (1845) ; a change m the donate
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`metacentre,
`iméta- metn~
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`fr.
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`center)
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`the point of interns
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`and water that results in a more compact and more highly crystalline
`tion of The vertical through the center
`condition
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`of buoyancy of a floating body with
`metmmor-phose \-fo7, fas) ¥-phosed; -phos:ing [prob. fr,
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`the verties! through the new center of
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`metamorphaser, Et, metamorphaxe metamorphosis, fr,
`buoyancy whenthe body
`is displicesl
`w(is?6)
`1 as to change into o different physical form esp
`San
`meta-cen-tric
`\jne-ta-'sen-trik\
`aul)
`natural means b: to charge strikingly the appearance OF charact iy
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`(1798)
`«1: of or relating to 1 meta-
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`: TRANSFORM <you are so metamorphosed 1 can hardly think bar
`center 21having the centromere metacenter: | certer of gravity,
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`medially situated #0 that the two chro-
`2 center of buoyancy, J maw
`Shuk.) 2: to ciuse (rock) to undergo metamorphs
`master
`ee
`mosomal urtin are of roughly equal
`center af buoyaney whan float.
`1: to undergo metamorphosis 2: to become transformet
`TRANSFORM
`ce
`length — metacentric 4
`ing body is displaced, 4 paint
`metaemor-pho-sis \ane-ta-moér-fa-sas\ nm, pl -pho-ses y=ct {L age
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`meta-cer-scarsia
`\me-ta-(,)sor-"kareé-
`of intersection
`A
`pata
`metamorphosis,
`fr. metamorphoun to tra sform, fr, ma¢la-
`int ae
`+
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`a “ker-\
`on {Nt (1928) : 4 tailless
`form)
`(1533)
`A a: change of physical
`form, structures ot eee
`encysted late larva ofa digenetic trematode that is ust. the form. which
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`esp.
`by supernatural means bj a striking alteration 10 MPP™ pit
`is infective for the definitive host — meta-cer-carsieal \-e-al\ ad
`character, or circumstances
`21 a marked and more of Ie me pul
`metachroumatedc \-krd.'ma-tik\ adj (876) 1: staining oF character-
`developmental change in the form or structure of an aniiiyul (as
`ived by Stuining in a different color or shade from what
`is typical (~
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`terfly or.a frog) occurring subsequent to birth or hatching
`divine
`granules in a bie
`um) 2: having the capacity to stain differant
`"btn p
`met-anal-yesis \me-La-'na-la-sas\ 11914): a reanalysis of thet wel
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`lerients Of a cell or tissue in different colors oF shades (~~Stains)
`\te-thiks mpl bue use xdng in constr (1949): the study of
`between sounds or words resulling in different constituch
`‘au Peelcifter
`development of an-apron from napron)
`;
`siest at
`the meanings of ethical terms, the nature of ethical judgments, and the
`metn-neph-ros \-ne-fras, «,fris\.n, pl -roi \-[ror\ [NL fe mt of the
`types of ethical argume
`metacthel-ecal \-thi-kal\ adj
`Tetoon
`nuphros kidney — more at Nepaeiris} (1884) 3 cither men erie
`fie-tion \-file-shan\ (1978) ¢ fiction which refers to or lakes a5
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`final and most caudal pair of the three successive
`pairs af, neptllee
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`ing and Hs conventions — meta-fic-tion-<al
`Set warea!
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`| organs that functions as a permanent adult Kideey compel
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`_ sho-nely aj—metafic-tion-ist \esh(a-dnint' ¢ tem of galax-
`metepalaxy Vogadokese\ nfIS¥] (1930) ¢ tte entire s
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`sand mammals but is not present at all in lower fort
`i
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`ee
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`MESONEFHROS, PRONEPHROS— meta-neph-ric \frik\ aed)
`jnosl? ay
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`ies? UNIVERSE — meta-pa-lnic-tic \-ps
`ink-tik\ ad)
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`metaphase \'me-tzfie\ nm (ISV) (1887) 1
`the state oh ee il
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`meta-penve-sis \-"jena-so8\ 7 [NL]
`1864); alternation of genera~
`
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`ASHE ersehn
`tions tn animals; esp:
`regular alteration of a sexual and an nyexuel
`meiosis in which the chromosomes become arranged in
`plane of the spincte
`way
`phane®
`generation — meti-genetde \-jae'ne-tik\ ad
`
`Hl
`metaphase plate 1 (1939) : a dection in the equatorial i
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`metal \me-t'l\ ni, often attrib [ME,
`fr, OF, fr. Lomotadiien mine, metal,
`tnetaphase spindle having the chromogomies oriented UPON |jgrts te io
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`fr. Gk metallon| (4e)
`12 any of various opaque, fusible, ductile, and
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`metaphor \'me-ta-dor also for\ nm [MPF or Li MF meta philof
`typically lustrous substances [hat are good conductors of electricity
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`metaphora, tt. Gk, fr. metaphercin to tratister, Fromelee
`ne ole al
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`and heat, form cations by loss of
`tr
`and yield basic oxides and
`bear—more at BEAR] (1533) 1: a figure of speech in ve if
`hydroxides; esp: one that is a chemical clement
`distinguished from
`
`phrase literally denoting one kind of object or ides is Use wi Me
`an allay
`a: METTLE In
`b= the mate! int or substance out of which
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`unather to suggest a likeness or analogy betweet. them Aeeas
`n person dr thing ismade 3: glassin its molten sidte 4 a: Printing
`in maneyh, broadly + figurative language — com are Sth i
`type metal bs matter set
`in metil type 5: ROAD METAL, 67 HEAVY
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`METAL,
`object, activity,
`or iden | eater) as a metaphor
`t synad)
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`phor-ic \me-to-for-ik, -‘fiir\ or mot-1-phor-iecal \-i-k?
`ye
`tmetal wt -aled or -alled; -aling of -al-ling (1610) +
`to paver oF fur-
`
`
`nish with metal
`a.phoreecalely \-i-k(o-He\
`aay
`of a
`
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`meta-phos-phate \mesto-fas-fat\ 9 {ISV] (1833): 0
`(Vey
`meta:lan-guage \'me-to-lag-gwij\ 1 (1936) : a language used to talk
`about language
`metaphospharic acid
`) ike’ A
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`meta-phos-phoric acid \.\(iis-libr-ik-, -"fiit-:
`sila act
`meta-lin-guis-tic \tne-pactin-agwis-tik\ adj (1944) ; of or relating to a
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`ta giassy solid acicl HPOy or (1IPO\), formed by heatin®
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`metalanguage or to-nmet
`linguistics
`phoricacid
`.
`mota-lin-guis-ties \-tiks\ 1 pl but sing in constr (1949) : 4 branch of
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`meta-phrase \'me-to-fraz\ n (1640): a literal transiatio®
`limpuistics that deals with the relation between language and other
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`cultural factors ino society
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