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The space between two dentils.

tish soluble powder used as a developer in photography. Chemically, it is the sulphate of methyl-p-amino-m-cresol.

Pertaining to, or discovered by, Meton, the Athenian. Metonic cycle or year. (Astron.) See under Cycle.

Used by way of metonymy. -- Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly, adv.

A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.

The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature.

Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as, the metopic suture.

Fortune telling by physiognomy. [R.] Urquhart.

Of or relating to metoposcopy.

One versed in metoposcopy.

The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.

The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification.

See Meter.

Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement. Metric analysis (Chem.), analysis by volume; volumetric analysis. -- Metric system, a system of weights and measures originating i…

See Metric, a.

A weight of 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois.

Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.

In a metrical manner.

A composer of verses. [Obs.]

Composition in metrical form; versification. [R.] Tennyson.