metafor-o:(rhet.) metaphor. — DEFIRS
metafraz-o: metaphrase: literal translation. Def.: Expliko
qua konsistas en tradukar loko (frazo) en plura klara, simpla e
vulgara vorti; V-485. — DEFIRS
metageometri-o*: metageometry.
metakarp-o:(anat.) metacarpus. — EFIS
metal-o: metal; -a, -ala, -oza: metallic: of m.,
relaing to m., full of m.; -ajo: m. object; -izar:
to metallize; to coat or impregnate with m.; -ifo:
metallurgy; ore production (cf. metalurgio); -if-isto:
metallurgist; -filo: wire; -laboristo: m.worker; -vaz-aro,
-aj-aro: ironmongery, hardware. — DEFIRS
metalografi-o: metallography. — DEFS
metaloid-o*:(chem.) metalloid.? DEFS
metalurgi-o*: metallurgy: science and art of preparing
metals from the ores (not the extracting of ores; cf. metal-ifo).
— DEFIS
metamer-o*:(zool.) metamere. — DEFIS
metamorfos-ar:(tr.) to metamorphose. — DEFIRS
metan-o*:(chem.) methane, marsh-gas. — DEFIS
metastabil-a:(physical chem.) metastable. —
DEF
metatars-o:(anat.) metatarsus. — EFIS
metatez-o:(gram.) metathesis. — DEFIRS
metempsikos-o: metempsychosis, transmigration of souls.
— DEFIRS
meteor-o: meteor. — DEFIRS
meteorologi-o: meteorology; -isto: meteorologist.
— DEFIRS
metil-o*:(chem.) methyl. — DEFIS
metod-o: method: special or definite system of procedure; (of
things) –ala: methodical; (of persons) –oza:
methodical; -ale, -oze: methodically. Ex.: Il facas omno
segun metodo (od, metodoze). Metodala aranjo. — DEFIRS
metod-ismo:(rel.) methodism: doctrine of
methodists; -isto: methodist (member of a religious sect).
metodologi-o: methodology. — DEFIS
metol-o*:(chem.) metol. — DEFIS
metonimi-o:(rhet.) metonymy. — DEFIRS
metonomazi-o: metonomatosis. Def.: Chanjo di propra nomo
per traduko, qua celas ol; V-485. — DEFIRS
metop-o:(arch.) metope. — DEFIRS
metr-o:(metric) meter (metre): 1.093 yards; (poet.)
meter; -o-quadrato: square meter: 1.196 square yards; -o
kubo: cubic meter: 35 cubic feet; -ala: (measure or
verse) metrical. Note: A list of metric abbreviations may be
found in IV-608-9. — DEFIRS
metrik-o:(science of) versification, prosody,
scansion.
metrologi-o*: metrology.
metronom-o: metronome. — DEFIRS
metropol-o: metropolis: a chief or capital city. —
DEFIRS
metropolit-o:(eccl.) metropolitan (bishop). —
DEFIRS
mez-a, -o: middle, midst; -e di: in the middle of; -a,
-ala: middle, medial, median; -grada, -valora: (of
quantities) average; (math.) mean; (gen.)
middling, mediocre, tolerable (cf. pasabla); -grado,
-valoro: average, mean, mediocrity; -valore:
moderately, indifferently; -epoko: the Middle Ages; -epok-ala:
medieval; -eva: of middle age; -a stando: (od, situ-eso):
moderate circumstances; -a fosto (di fenestro): mullion; -o-soprano:
mezzo-soprano; -a proporcion-alo: (geom.) mean
proportional. — I
mezenter-o*:(anat.) mesentery. — DEFIS
mezoderm-o*:(embryol., zool.) mesoderm. —
DEFIS
mezolab-o*:(instr.) mesolabe. — DEFIRS
mezotint-o*: mezzotint(o). — DEFI
mezur-ar:(tr.) to measure (with an instrument), to
survey (land); -(ad)o: measure, measurement, measuring; (mus.)
time, measure; bar; -ilo: an instrument for measuring; -ebla:
measurable; sen- -a: immeasurable, immoderate; excessive,
exorbitant; super- -o: over-measure; agro- -isto:
land (or, field) surveyor. V. exp.: vid. evaluar. — EFI
mi: mi, third note of diatonic scale.
miasm-o: miasma: noxious exhalation. — DEFIRS
miaul-ar*:(intr.) to mew: to cry as a cat, to
caterwaul, miaou. — DEFIS
mi-cirkl-o: hemicycle, half-circle.
mi-de-o: demigod.
mi-dek-e-du-o: half-dozen.
miel-o: honey; (fig.) sweetness; -ala, -oza,
-atra: honeyed, melliferous; -ifar: to produce honey; -aquo:
hydromel, mead; -kuko: gingerbread; -mixuro:
oxymel: a mixture of vinegar and honey; -tempo: honeymoon.
— FIS
mien-o: (of the face) look(s), mien, countenance, -acho:
affected, lackadaisical, simpering look; -o superba:
haughty look; facar mien-i, -achi: to put on airs, mince,
simper, smirk; ne judikez homo segun lua mieno: do not
judge a person by his looks. — DEFR
