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. Any one of the univalent metals of group I of the periodic table of the elements, including lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium. The hydroxides of these metals are soluble in water and form strongly basic solutions. [ PJC. ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. [ Written also Ametabolia. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; unchangeable; 'a priv. + &unr_; changeable, &unr_; to change. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects. Opposite of metabolic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. undergoing only slight metamorphosis [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Rhet.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From the inventor, Isaac Babbitt of Massachusetts. ] A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. [ 1913 Webster ]

A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bell metal ore, a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron; the mineral stannite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + metallic: cf. F. bimétallique. ] 1. Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Composed of two different metals; formed of two parts, each of a different metal; as, bimetallic wire; bimetallic thermometer, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. bimétalisme. ] The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The words bimétallisme and monométallisme are due to M. Cernuschi [ 1869 ]. Littré. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of bimetallism. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to bimetallism.
Syn. -- bimetallic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. castramétation, fr. L. castra camp + metari to measure off, fr. meta limit. ] (Mil.) The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Astron.) An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cométaire. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, a comet. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. causing buildup of body tissues or tissue components. [ Narrower terms: anabolic (vs. catabolic) ]
Syn. -- energy-storing(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. prenom. (Biochemistry & Physiology) energy-releasing (prenominal); same as catabolic.
Syn. -- . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) A cell or organ in which gametes develop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Hemi-, and Metabola. ] (Zool.) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Holo-, and Metabola. ] (Zool.) Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a complete metamorphosis; -- said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy; involving the use of liquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of ores. -- Hy`dro*met`al*lur"gic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + metallurgy. ] The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hyper- + metamorphosis. ] (Zool.) A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the metacarpal bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the metatarsal bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Mohammedan. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. See Mohammedanism and Islam. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mahometanized p. pr. & vb. n. Mahometanizing ] To convert to Islam, the religion of Mohammed; to Mohammedanize. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. } See Mohammedan, Muslim, Mohammedanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ . [ Gr. meta` between, with, after; akin to AS. mid with, G. mit, Goth. miþ, E. mid, in midwife. ] 1. A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting: (a) Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde. (b) (Organic Chem.) That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See Ortho-, and Para-. (c) (Inorganic Chem.) Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; -- said of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics, metalanguage. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Metabases [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to pass over; &unr_; beyond, over + &unr_; to go. ] 1. (Rhet.) A transition from one subject to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Same as Metabola. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; change; &unr_; beyond + &unr_; to throw. ] (Med.) A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL. See 1st Metabola. ] (Zool.) A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Metabola. ] (Zool.) An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Metabola. ] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] Metabolism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) 1. The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive enzymes. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (catabolism). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The series of chemical changes which take place in an organism, by means of which food is manufactured and utilized and waste materials are eliminated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Physiol Chem.) A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. (Physiol.) To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Meta- + branchial. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the metacarpus. -- n. A metacarpal bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; beyond, between + &unr_; the wrist. ] (Anat.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla. [ 1913 Webster ]