Present participle of measure, noun_ the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule, adjective_ Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure, a faucet which permits only a given quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured, (Zo”l.) the larva of any geometrid moth. They are so called because they move by a process in which they first pull the rear legs forward toward their front legs, forming a loop which resembles the process of measuring with a tape measure. The motion is completed by subsequently moving the front legs forward to an advanced position. See Geometrid

The edible flesh of animals, especially that of mammals as opposed to that of fish or poultry, The human body regarded as an object of sexual desire, Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything, transitive verb_ obsolete To supply with food

Operated or produced by a mechanism or machine, Of or relating to manual labor, its tools, and its skills, Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter on a macroscopic scale, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, electrical, electronic, atomic etc., noun_ obsolete A mechanic, A layout consisting of type proofs, artwork, or both, exactly positioned and prepared for making an offset or other printing plate

The branch of physics that is concerned with the analysis of the action of forces on matter or material systems, The functional and technical aspects of an activity, the principles of abstract mechanics applied to human art; also, the practical application of the laws of matter and motion to the construction of machines and structures of all kinds

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect, device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function, the technical aspects of doing something

Plural form of mechanism

Medical, noun_ An abbreviation of medieval, a master's degree in education, informal medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications

A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward, an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event, A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward, verb_ sports To win a medal, transitive verb_ To honor or reward with a medal, intransitive verb_ To win a medal, as in a sports contest, To award a medal to

The public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, collectively; the news media, Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information, Plural of medium

Being in the middle; running through the middle, dividing an animal into right and left halves, relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values), noun_ The line that joins the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezoid, The dividing area, either paved or landscaped, between opposing lanes of traffic on some highways, A line that joins a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side