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Methol
- - An earlier technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit, now called methanol; also, by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type. See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Methyl
- noun - the univalent radical CH3- derived from methane
Metics
- noun - an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
Metier
- noun -
- an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
Meting
- unknown - Dispensing or alloting justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment.
Metope
- - The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature.
Metres
- noun - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- Metre - the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
Metric
- adjective - a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds); "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric"
- a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
- a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
- based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"
- the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
Metros
- noun - an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"