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- (from the article "Serbia") ...archbishopric of Ohrid. In order to escape the harassment of Tatar-raiding parties, the seat of the ecclesiastical order of Nemanjic was later moved southward to Pec, in the Metohija Basin. ...
- Meton
- (from the article "Metonic cycle") ...a period of 19 years in which there are 235 lunations, or synodic months, after which the Moon's phases recur on the same days of the solar year, or year ...
- Metonic cycle
- in chronology, a period of 19 years in which there are 235 lunations, or synodic months, after which the Moon's phases recur on the same days of the solar year, ... [3 Related Articles]
- metonymy
- (from Greek metonymia, "change of name," or "misnomer"), figure of speech in which the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely related ... [2 Related Articles]
- Metopaulias depressus
- (from the article "Life in a Bromeliad Pool") ...severe. Among the predators are two genera of damselfly (Diceratobasis and Leptagrion) that are known from no other habitat. Predator becomes prey, however, should a bromeliad crab (Metopaulias depressus) choose ...
- metope
- (from the article "order") ...the Doric entablature is distinctive. It is composed of projecting triglyphs (units each consisting of three vertical bands separated by grooves) that alternate with receding square panels, called metopes, that ...
- Metraux, Alfred
- Swiss anthropologist noted for his pioneering contributions to South American ethnohistory and the examination of African culture in Haiti. [1 Related Articles]
- metre
- in measurement, fundamental unit of length in the metric system and in the International Systems of Units (SI). It is equal to approximately 39.37 inches in the British Imperial and ... [9 Related Articles]
- metre
- in poetry, the rhythmic pattern of a poetic line. Various principles, based on the natural rhythms of language, have been devised to organize poetic lines into rhythmic units. These have ... [10 Related Articles]
- metre
- in music, rhythmic pattern constituted by the grouping of basic temporal units, called beats, into regular measures, or bars; in Western notation, each measure is set off from those adjoining ... [6 Related Articles]
- Metre, Treaty of the
- (from the article "metric system") Not until 1875 did an international conference meet in Paris to establish an International Bureau of Weights and Measures. The Treaty of the Metre signed there provided for a permanent ...
- metretes
- primary liquid measure of the ancient Greeks, equivalent to 39.4 litres, or about 9 gallons. In the Greek system, of which the smallest capacity unit was the [1 Related Articles]
- metric carat
- (from the article "carat") ...thus, a stone might be said to weigh 3 + 14 + 116 carats. After various unsuccessful attempts to standardize the carat, the metric carat, equal to 0.200 g, and ...
- metric space
- in mathematics, especially topology, an abstract set with a distance function, called a metric, that specifies a nonnegative distance between any two of its points in such a way that ... [2 Related Articles]
- metric system
- international decimal system of weights and measures, based on the metre for length and the kilogram for mass, that was adopted in France in 1795 ... [8 Related Articles]
- metric system
- (from the article "music, Western") ...was monophonic, of limited range, and sectional in structure-was adopted by each of the succeeding groups. Of particular significance in view of its influence on polyphonic music was the metric ...
- metric ton
- (from the article "British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures") unit of weight in the avoirdupois system equal to 2,000 pounds (907.18 kg) in the United States (the short ton) and 2,240 pounds (1,016.05 kg) in Britain (the long ton). ...
- metrical doxology
- (from the article "doxology") 3. Metrical doxologies are usually variations upon the Gloria Patri. The most familiar in English is one by the 17th-century Anglican bishop and hymn writer Thomas Ken:Praise God, from whom ...
- Metridium
- (from the article "nervous system") ...some species nerve fibres course along the radial canals, where there may be arranged sensory bodies, called rhopalia, which contain ganglionic concentrations of neurons. In the sea anemone Metridium some ...
- metriotes
- (from the article "Horace") ...exalt the new man, who is the creator of his own fortune and does not owe it to noble lineage. Horace develops his vision with principles taken from Hellenistic philosophy: ...
- Metro Center Station
- (from the article "subway") ...Transit) in the San Francisco Bay area, completed in 1976. Trains are operated by remote control, requiring only one crewman per train to stand by in case of computer failure. ...
- Metro Toronto Zoo
- zoological park in West Hill, Ontario, Can., which ranks as one of the largest zoos in the world. This 287-hectare (710-acre) park was opened in 1974 by the municipality of ...
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
- American corporation that was once the world's largest and most profitable motion-picture studio. The studio reached its peak in the 1930s and '40s. During those years MGM had under contract ... [15 Related Articles]
- Metrocles
- Cynic philosopher and the first philosopher known to have made a collection of instructive anecdotes and sayings, a common form of literary activity among later moralists. After studying under the ...
- Metrodorus
- (from the article "painting, Western") ...clear that Rome offered the best and most consistent source of patronage. In 168 BC Lucius Aemilius Paullus, the victor over the Macedonian king Perseus at the Battle of Pydna, ...
- Metrodorus the Younger of Lampsacus
- (from the article "Epicureanism") ...time contains no greater pleasure than limited time, if one measures by reason the limits of pleasure," then all desire of immortality is vain. Thus, Epicurus' most distinguished pupil, Metrodorus ...
- Metroliner
- (from the article "railroad") ...1990s to seek easy high-speed rail development. Experimental high-speed projects began in this northeast corridor in the 1960s when both the Pennsylvania Railroad with its electrically operated Metroliners and the ...
- metrology
- the science of measurement. From three fundamental quantities, length, mass, and time, all other mechanical quantities-e.g., area, volume, acceleration, and power-can be derived. A comprehensive system of practical measurement should ... [2 Related Articles]
- metronidazole
- (from the article "drug") Metronidazole is usually given orally for the treatment of vaginal infections caused by Trichomonas vaginalis, and it is effective in treating bacterial infections caused by anaerobes. It ...
- metronome
- instrument for marking musical tempo, erroneously ascribed to the German Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772-1838) but actually invented by a Dutch competitor, Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel (c. 1776-1826). It consists of a ... [1 Related Articles]
- Metrophanes Kritopoulos
- Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, and theologian whose discussions with European Protestants concluded with his writing an exposition of Eastern Orthodox doctrine in an attempt at Christian unity.
- Metropolis
- (from the article "Mississippi River") ...(March-June), when melting snows are followed by early summer rains. The winter runoff from this area, however, is also substantial. The crest of the Ohio's flow occurs slightly earlier. At ...
- Metropolis Management Act
- (from the article "London") ...to a public pump well known as the Broad Street Pump in Golden Square. He arrested the further spread of the disease in London by removing the handle of the ...
- metropolitan
- in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches, the head of an ecclesiastical province. Originally, a metropolitan was a bishop of the Christian Church who resided in the chief ... [3 Related Articles]
- metropolitan area
- a major city together with its suburbs and nearby cities, towns, and environs over which the major city exercises a commanding economic and social influence. Literally construed, metropolis from the ... [4 Related Articles]
- Metropolitan Cathedral
- (from the article "Latin American architecture") The Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico in Mexico City, begun in the 16th century by Claudio de Arciniega, is Classical in its layout, with extraordinary fragments of an exuberant Baroque decoration ...
- metropolitan county
- (from the article "United Kingdom") ...and county boroughs of Wales have statutory and administrative powers, there are other areas throughout the United Kingdom that are called counties but lack administrative power. In England, metropolitan counties ...
- metropolitan examination
- (from the article "China") ...examinations (juren) could be appointed directly to posts in the lower echelons of the civil service. They were also eligible to compete in triennial metropolitan examinations conducted ...
- Metropolitan Government
- (from the article "Tennessee") ...executives. Types of city government include the council-manager, mayor-council, and commissioner systems. The city of Nashville and Davidson county constitute a single governmental unit, called Metropolitan Government, or Metro.
- metropolitan hinterland
- (from the article "hinterland") ...to as central-place hinterlands. The term urban hinterland has become commonplace when referring to city or metropolitan tributary regions that are closely tied to the central city. An example of ...
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Building
- (from the article "skyscraper") ...earlier styles as well. As part of the Neoclassical revival, for instance, skyscrapers such as those designed by the firm of McKim, Mead, and White were modeled after Classical Greek ...
- Metropolitan Manila
- (from the article "Manila") ...15 square miles (38 square km). In 1975, by presidential decree, Manila and its contiguous cities and municipalities were integrated to function as a single administrative region, known as Metropolitan ...
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- the largest and most comprehensive art museum in New York City and one of the foremost in the world. The museum was incorporated in 1870 and opened two years later. ... [7 Related Articles]
- Metropolitan Opera Association
- New York City, leading U.S. opera company, distinguished for the outstanding singers it has attracted since its opening performance (Gounod's Faust) on Oct. 22, 1883. After its first season under ... [17 Related Articles]
- Metropolitan Opera House
- (from the article "Balanchine, George") The American Ballet became the resident ballet company at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, and, while there, Balanchine produced among other works Le Baiser de ...
- Metropolitan Police
- (from the article "London") The Metropolitan Police force was founded by Home Secretary Robert Peel in 1829 and remains accountable to his successor, not to local councillors. By 1900 the Metropolitan Police District, which ...
- Metropolitan Police Act
- (from the article "police") Later, as home secretary, Peel sponsored the first successful bill to create a professional police force in England. The Metropolitan Police Act (1829) established the London Metropolitan Police Department, an ...
- Metropolitan Railway
- (from the article "subway") ...Tunnel in 1843. After 10 years of discussion, Parliament authorized the construction of 3.75 miles (6 km) of underground railway between Farringdon Street and Bishop's Road, Paddington. Work on the ...
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
- (from the article "hinterland") ...The term urban hinterland has become commonplace when referring to city or metropolitan tributary regions that are closely tied to the central city. An example of a metropolitan hinterland is ...
- Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
- (from the article "Ryan, Thomas Fortune") ...Later, in company with such notable financial manipulators as William C. Whitney, he became involved in the consolidation of utility companies in New York and elsewhere. In 1892 he organized ...
- Metropolitan Toronto Transit Commission
- (from the article "Toronto") Policy for public transportation is coordinated by the Metropolitan Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). The modern, efficient subway has two major lines, one running north-south and the other east-west. Located 17 ...
- Metropolitan Toronto Zoological Society
- (from the article "Metro Toronto Zoo") zoological park in West Hill, Ontario, Can., which ranks as one of the largest zoos in the world. This 287-hectare (710-acre) park was opened in 1974 by the municipality of ...
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- (from the article "Los Angeles") ...for a new system that, in addition to revamping a dysfunctional bus system, would construct several light-rail lines and a subway. In 1993 the state followed suit by creating the ...
- metrorrhagia
- (from the article "reproductive system disease") Bleeding between menstrual periods, after intercourse, and at or after menopause is frequently due to some abnormality of the cervix; the possibility of cancer must be borne in mind. Such ...
- Metroxylon
- (from the article "palm") ...and Borassus aethiopum occur, often in great abundance. Freshwater swamplands in parts of New Guinea are dominated by Metroxylon sagu. Both the doum palm and the sago palm (Metroxylon) are ...
- Metroxylon sagu
- (from the article "palm") ...riverine flats and coastal plains of Africa, Hyphaene compressa and Borassus aethiopum occur, often in great abundance. Freshwater swamplands in parts of New Guinea are dominated by Metroxylon sagu. Both ...
- Metsovo pass
- (from the article "Pindus Mountains") ...that on the eastern slopes often are overlain by geologically younger sandy and marl deposits. The result is often wild, precipitous slopes that afford few passes; the principal one is ...
- Metsu, Gabriel
- Dutch painter of scenes of everyday life. [1 Related Articles]
- Metternich, Klemens, Furst von
- Austrian statesman, minister of foreign affairs (1809-48), and a champion of conservatism, who helped form the victorious alliance against Napoleon I and who restored Austria as a leading European power, ... [18 Related Articles]
- Mettur Dam
- (from the article "Cauvery River") Upon entering Tamil Nadu, the Cauvery continues through a series of twisted wild gorges until it reaches Hogenakal Falls and flows through a straight, narrow gorge near Salem. There, the ...
- Mettur Project
- (from the article "Cauvery River") ...narrow gorge near Salem. There, the Mettur Dam, 5,300 feet (1,620 metres) long and 176 feet (54 metres) high, impounds a lake (Stanley Reservoir) of 60 square miles (155 square ...
- Metty, Russell
- (from the article "1960: Other Winners") ...and I.A.L. Diamond for The ApartmentAdapted Screenplay: Richard Brooks for Elmer GantryCinematography, Black-and-White: Freddie Francis for Sons And LoversCinematography, Color: Russell Metty for SpartacusArt Direction, Black-and-White: Alexander Trauner for The ...
- meturgeman
- (from the article "Targum") ...to give an intelligible rendering of the biblical text, the Targums eventually took on the character of paraphrase and commentary, leaving literal translation behind. To prevent misconceptions, a meturgeman expanded ...
- Metz
- city, capital of the Moselle departement, Lorraine region, northeastern France, at the confluence of the Moselle and Seille rivers, northwest of Strasbourg and south of the Luxembourg frontier. It was ... [6 Related Articles]
- Metzger, Bruce Manning
- American biblical scholar oversaw the publication (1990) of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible-admired for its integrity, accuracy, and elegance-and wrote many books, some of which were ...
- Metzgeria
- (from the article "bryophyte") ...in width and less than 1 millimetre in length (male plants of the liverwort Sphaerocarpos). The thallus is sometimes one cell layer thick through most of its width (e.g., the ...
- Metzgeriales
- (from the article "bryophyte") In gametophores of thallose liverworts and hornworts, an internal conducting strand is rarely developed. In a few genera of the liverwort order Metzgeriales, the water-conducting cells have a form similar ...
- metziltayim
- (from the article "ceremonial object") ...(a god of wine) and the Eleusinian mysteries (centred on devotion to Demeter, a seasonal-renewal goddess). They were the only instruments played in the Temple of Jerusalem, where they were ...
- Meudon
- city, Hauts-de-Seine departement, Paris region, France, southwestern suburb of Paris, standing on a hill on the south bank of the Seine River. Meudon is bordered to the south by woods ...
- Meulen, Adam Frans van der
- Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in battle scenes.
- Meuli, Daniela
- (from the article "Skiing") Daniela Meuli of Switzerland, the Olympic PGS champion, also topped the women's parallel standings by a wide margin. Swiss siblings Philipp and Simon Schoch completed an amazing parlay: year-younger brother ...
- Meunier, Constantin
- Belgian sculptor and painter, one of the principal social-realist artists of the late 19th century in Europe.
- Meurthe-et-Moselle
- (from the article "Lorraine") region of France encompassing the northeastern departements of Vosges, Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Moselle. Lorraine is bounded by the regions of Alsace ...
- Meuse
- (from the article "Western sculpture") The centre of development for the second style lay in the region of the Meuse. The activity of one of the chief artists, a goldsmith called Nicholas of Verdun, extends ...
- Meuse River
- river, rising at Pouilly on the Langres Plateau in France and flowing generally northward for 590 miles (950 km) through Belgium and The Netherlands to the North Sea. In the ... [5 Related Articles]
- Meuse, Army of the
- (from the article "Sedan, Battle of") ...northeast toward Metz, to relieve the French Army of the Rhine, which was trapped at Metz. Moltke learned of Mac-Mahon's movements through newspaper reports and rapidly moved the newly formed ...
- Meuse-Argonne, battles of the
- (Sept. 26-Nov. 11, 1918), a series of final confrontations on the Western Front in World War I. [2 Related Articles]
- Meuseland
- (from the article "Western architecture") Romanesque architecture in the Low Countries is generally divided into four stylistic classifications: the style of Meuseland, the Scheldt district style, the style of the bishopric of Utrecht, and the ...
- mevalonic acid
- (from the article "Folkers, Karl August") ...for the anti-pernicious-anemia factor, begun in 1938, ended in 1948 with the isolation of a red crystalline compound now called vitamin B12. His research team also discovered mevalonic acid, which ...
- Mevaqshe Derekh
- (from the article "Judaism") ...Among Jewish youth there is, in some circles, a quest for tradition. In the United States, Jewish communes have been established that seek new forms of Jewish expression; in Israel, ...
- MEVGAL
- (from the article "Greece") ...imprisonment for corruption. The director of the Hellenic Competition Commission, Panayotis Adamopoulos, was arrested in September on charges of attempting to extract a euro2.5 million bribe from MEVGAL, a major ...
- Mew, Charlotte
- English writer who is notable for her short well-crafted, highly original poetry.
- Mewar painting
- one of the most important schools of Indian miniature painting of the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a school in the Rajasthani style and was developed in the Hindu ... [2 Related Articles]
- Mewati language
- (from the article "Rajasthan") ...(in western Rajasthan), Jaipuri or Dhundhari (in the east and southeast), Malvi (Malwi; in the southeast), and, in Alwar, Mewati, which shades off into Braj Bhasa in Bharatpur district. The ...
- mews
- row of stables and coach houses with living quarters above, built in a paved yard behind large London houses of the 17th and 18th centuries. Today most mews stables have ... [1 Related Articles]
- Mexia, Ynes Enriquetta Julietta
- American botanical collector and explorer whose discoveries helped to clarify and complete botanical records.
- Mexianthus mexicanus
- (from the article "Mexia, Ynes Enriquetta Julietta") ...she began a series of journeys to remote locations in South and Central America and Alaska. On those travels she collected some 150,000 botanical specimens, finding one new genus of ...
- Mexicali
- city, capital of Baja California estado (state), northwestern Mexico. The city is situated across the Mexico-U.S. border from Calexico, California. The name Mexicali, formed from the first ... [2 Related Articles]
- Mexican
- (from the article "Hispanics in the United States: The U.S. Census of 2000") Perhaps most striking was the growth in the country's number of Hispanics, defined by the U.S. government as a "person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or ...
- Mexican abelia
- (from the article "Caprifoliaceae") An outstanding evergreen shrub is Mexican abelia (Abelia floribunda) with bright-green, oval leaves and small clusters of fragrant, pinkish-purple, tubular flowers. It may reach 1.8 metres (6 feet) but usually ...
- Mexican ash
- (from the article "ash") ...Midwest, and the Oregon ash (F. latifolia) of the Pacific Northwest furnish wood of comparable quality that is used for furniture, interior paneling, and barrels, among other purposes. The Mexican ...
- Mexican avocado
- (from the article "avocado") Horticulturally, avocados are divided into the Mexican, West Indian, and Guatemalan races. The Mexican, considered a distinct species, Persea drymifolia, by some botanists, is native to Mexico and is characterized ...
- Mexican beaded lizard
- (from the article "Gila monster") ...United States and northern Mexico. It grows to about 50 cm (about 20 inches), is stout-bodied with black and pink blotches or bands, and has beadlike scales. A closely related ...
- Mexican beech
- (from the article "beech") ...up to 24 m (79 feet) tall, divide at the base into several stems. The Chinese and the Japanese, or Siebold's, beech (F. sieboldii) are grown as ornamentals in the ...
- Mexican free-tailed bat
- (from the article "free-tailed bat") ...and roost in tree hollows, caves, and buildings. They are found worldwide in warm regions. Most species live in groups, and some form colonies with populations numbering in the millions, ...
- Mexican fruit fly
- (from the article "fruit fly") Other widespread pests of this family include the Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens), which attacks citrus crops; the Oriental fruit fly (Dacus dorsalis), which infests many kinds of subtropical fruits; ...
- Mexican hairless
- breed of dog that is probably descended from hairless Chinese or African dogs that were taken by Spanish traders to Mexico in the late 16th century. A rather long-legged dog, ...
- Mexican hallucinogenic mushroom
- (from the article "Representative poisonous mushrooms") hallucinogenic principles contained in certain mushrooms (notably two Mexican species, Psilocybe mexicana and Stropharia cubensis). Hallucinogenic mushrooms used in religious ceremonies by the Indians of Mexico were considered sacred and ...
- Mexican hat dance
- (from the article "Mexican hat dance") a popular Mexican folk dance, a form of jarabe (q.v.).form of jarabejarabe...melodies are traditional medleys of ea
- Mexican Highland
- (from the article "Basin and Range Province") ...the Salton Trough is a concave desert basin that descends to 235 feet (72 m) below sea level at the Salton Sea. East of the Sonoran Desert and extending southward ...
- Mexican Independence Day
- (from the article "Mexico") The most important local revolt was sparked by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a parish priest in Dolores. On Sept. 16, 1810-the date now celebrated as Mexican Independence Day-Hidalgo issued the ...
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