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Mechanical operation or action. He acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion; so that all must be performed either by mechanism or accident. Bentley.

The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention. The soul [acts] by the mediation of these passions. South.

ther; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another bei…

A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl guanidin.

A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon.

Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. -- Mel`o*dra*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

rdinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.

A product of metabolic action.

A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea.

method of transferring impressions of the grain of wood to metallic surfaces by chemical action. Knight.

he contact resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors, under the action of acoustic vibrations.

r power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or resources to effect an object; strength; force; power; ability; capacity. What so strong, But wanting rest, will also want of might Spenser. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy…

product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a sawmill; a stamping mill, etc.

To degrade by speech or action.

A nervous disease in which the patient involuntarily imitates the words or action of another.

ze falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton.

rroneously. Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. Dryden. Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued. Addison.

An evil deed; a wicked action. Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. Milton.

An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure, criminal or civil. Wharton.

Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i. Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action. -- Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle. -- Mixed fabric, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin. -- Mixed marriage, a marriage between person…