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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 in…

as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system.

The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.

i. e., to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the American system.

A military spirit or system; militarism. H. Spencer.

ry state or condition; reliance on military force in administering government; a military system.

A weight of the metric system, being one million grams; a metric ton.

A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois.

A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid ounce.

A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter.

The art of memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory.

variable; -- called also the efficiency of the machine. Mosley. Rankine. -- Modulus of a system of logarithms (Math.), a number by which all the Napierian logarithms must be multiplied to obtain the logarithms in another system. -- Modulus of elasticity. (a) The measure of the elastic force of any substance, expresse…

The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism.

Of or pertaining to monandry; practicing monandry as a system of marriage.

A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch. In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy. Macaulay.

The monastic life, system, or condition. Milman.

Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.

s of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna.

A system of training and instruction, primarily for use with normal children aged from three to six years, devised by Dr. Maria Montessori while teaching in the "Houses of Childhood" (schools in the poorest tenement districts of Rome, Italy), and first fully described by her in 1909. Leading features are freedom for ph…

A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.