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- English Word Metoche Definition The space between two triglyphs.
- English Word Metonic Definition Pertaining to, or discovered by, Meton, the Athenian.
- English Word Metonymic Definition Alt. of Metonymical
- English Word Metonymical Definition Used by way of metonymy.
- English Word Metonymy Definition A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.
- English Word Metope Definition The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature.
- English Word Metope Definition The face of a crab.
- English Word Metopic Definition Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as, the metopic suture.
- English Word Metopomancy Definition Fortune telling by physiognomy.
- English Word Metoposcopic Definition Alt. of Metoposcopical
- English Word Metoposcopical Definition Of or relating to metoposcopy.
- English Word Metoposcopist Definition One versed in metoposcopy.
- English Word Metoposcopy Definition The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.
- English Word Metosteon Definition The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification.
- English Word Metre Definition 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.
- English Word Metre Definition A poem.
- English Word Metre Definition A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric.
- English Word Metre Definition See Meter.
- English Word Metric Definition Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
- English Word Metric Definition Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.