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

of Mete, to dream. Chaucer.

Belonging to micrometry; made by the micrometer. -- Mi`cro*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

The art of measuring with a micrometer.

A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.

A microseismometer; specif., a microseismometer producing a graphic record.

A prefix denoting a thousandth part of; as, millimeter, milligram, milliampère.

e 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.

acity 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.

The thousandish part of a micron or the millionth part of a millimeter; -- a unit of length used in measuring light waves, etc.

A liter, or cubic decimeter.

unt of water flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the quantity of water supplied.

with an arm adjustable to any angle. -- Miter wheels, a pair of bevel gears, of equal diameter, adapted for working together, usually with their axes at right angles.

The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though…

pecified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter. Modulus of a machine, a formula expressing the work which a given machine can perform under the conditions involved in its construction; the relation between the work done upon a machine by the moving power, and that yielde…

om the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month. The crescent moon, the diadem of night. Cowper.…

grant clusters. The European species is the P. aucuparia, or rowan tree. -- Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe transportation, used in measuring the heights of mountains. -- Mountain beaver (Zoöl.), the sewellel. -- Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite. -- Mountain cat (Zo…

Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.

The metencephalon. Huxley.

prefix, esp. in the metric system, indicating ten thousand, ten thousand times; as, myriameter.