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ormations known as the Oneida conglomerate, and the Medina sandstone. See the Chart of Geology.

econdary or reptilian age, or the era between the Paleozoic and Cenozoic. See Chart of Geology.

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.

ate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa.

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

Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table.

According to the principles of, or with reference to, mineralogy.

One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.

To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals. Miss Edgeworth.

The Miocene period. See Chart of Geology.

cured 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.