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A meteoric stone; an aërolite; a meteorite.

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.

The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.

A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans.

ch transmits automatically to a central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer, barometer, thermometer, etc.

An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star.

Of the nature or appearance of a meteor.

One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.

Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. The only strict antithesis to prose is meter. Wordsw…

The act of measuring, or the cost of measuring.

A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.

A measuring rod. Ascham.

A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure. [Obs.] Shak.

See Meathe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A stable crystalline compound obtained by the decomposition of hemoglobin. It is found in old blood stains.

spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series.

t, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas. Methane series (Chem.), a series of saturated hydrocarbons, of which methane is the first member and type, and (because of their general chemical inertness and indifference) called also the paraffin (little affinity) series. The l…

An instrument, resembling a eudiometer, to detect the presence and amount of methane, as in coal mines.

A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead. Gay.