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An error committed in chronology by placing an event after its real time.

The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind o…

Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology. Meteorological table, Meteorological register, a table or register exhibiting the state of the air and its temperature, weight, dryness, moisture, motion, etc.

A person skilled in meteorology.

Of or pertaining to methodology.

Of or pertaining to metrology.

Of or pertaining to micro-geology.

Of or pertaining to micrology; very minute; as, micrologic examination. -- Mi`cro*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to millions; consisting of millions; as, the millionary chronology of the pundits. Pinker

The Miocene period. See Chart of Geology.

scured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight. The more I muse therein [theology], The mistier it seemeth. Piers Plowman.

A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.

with, be replaced by, or exchanged for, one atom of hydrogen. Monad deme (Biol.), in tectology, a unit of the first order of individuality.

ve, independently of education or the knowledge of any positive rule or law. -- Moral theology, theology applied to morals; practical theology; casuistry.

Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology. -- Mor`pho*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

One who is versed in the science of morphology.

dividual, characterized by definiteness of form bion, a physiological individual. See Tectology. Haeckel.

sing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; - - applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.

Pertaining to motor cars or automobiles, or to the technology of such; addicted to riding in or driving automobiles; as, motoring parlance; my motoring friend.

elow the coal measures, and above the old red standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology. -- Mountain linnet (Zoöl.), the twite. -- Mountain magpie. (Zoöl.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike. -- Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany. -- Mountain meal (Min.), a light powd…