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One who, or that which, modulates. Denham.

MODULE n. 3 definitions

A model or measure.

d 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 yielded at th…

MODUS n. 3 definitions

The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.

MODUS VIVENDI n.

Mode, or manner, of living; hence, a temporary arrangement of affairs until disputed matters can be settled.

Fashionable. [R.]

MOE n. 3 definitions

A wry face or mouth; a mow. [Obs.]

Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular (moeble). [Obs.] Chaucer.

An unguent for the hair.

Rubble masonry.

MOESOGOTHIC a. 2 definitions

Belonging to the Moesogoths, a branch of the Goths who settled in Moesia.

To move. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.

To move away; to go off. [Prov. Eng. or Local, U. S.]

A closely fitting knit sleeve; also, a legging of knitted material. [Scot.]

MOGUL n. 2 definitions

A person of the Mongolian race.

A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.

The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.

MOHAMMEDAN a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed. [Written also Mahometan, Mahomedan, Muhammadan, etc.]

MOHAMMEDAN CALENDAR n.

16th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 26th, and 29th are leap years, having 355 days; the others are common, having 354 days. By the following tables any Mohammedan date may be changed into the Christian date, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d.