Section M, N, and O

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M. -- Short meter (Hymnol.),
iambic verses or lines, the first, second, and fourth having each
three feet, and the third four feet. The stanza usually consists of
four lines, but is sometimes doubled. Short meter is indicated
by the initials S. M.

Me"ter*age (?), n. [See 1st
Meter.] The act of measuring, or the cost of
measuring.

Me"ter*gram` (?), n. (Mech.)
A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising
one gram through the distance of one meter against
gravitation.

Mete"wand` (?), n. [Mete to
measure + wand.] A measuring rod.
Ascham.

Mete"yard` (?), n. [AS.
metgeard. See Mete to measure, and Yard stick.]
A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure. [Obs.]
Shak.

Meth (?), n. See
Meathe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Met`hæm*o*glo"bin (? or ?), n.
[Pref. met- + hæmoglobin.] (Physiol.
Chem.

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