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"Section M, N, and O"

] (Crystallog.) A dome parallel to the longer
lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. See Dome,
n., 4.


Mac"ro*dont, a. [Macro- + Gr.
'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.]
(Zoöl.) Having large teeth. --
n. A macrodont animal.


Mac"ro*far`ad (?), n. [Macro- +
farad.] (Elec.) See Megafarad.
[R.]


||Mac`ro*glos"si*a (?), n. [NL. See
Macro-, and Glossa.] (Med.) Enlargement or
hypertrophy of the tongue.


Mac`rog*nath"ic (?), a. [Macro-
+ gnathic.] (Anthropol.) Long-jawed.
Huxley.


Ma*crol"o*gy (?), n. [L.
macrologia, Gr. &?;; &?; long + lo`gos discourse:
cf. F. macrologie.] Long and tedious talk without much
substance; superfluity of words.


Ma*crom"e*ter (?), n. [Macro- +
-meter.] An instrument for determining the size or
distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a
common sextant.


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