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‘meztzos n. a mattre -like arrangement attacht to the netting of some balloons. i May-carp ‘moo,ka:zp. a hollow Japanese fish-shaped bag kite deckt out so as to resemble a carp, heisted en the tops of houses en May sth of the father of the family has been presented with a son during the preceding year. mean miin adj. forming an average between two or more terms; average: as, *mean winds, *mean temperature. megaphone ‘mega,fon x. [also spelt megafone] an instyument consisting of two funnels and flexible earztubes, devised by T. A. Edison for enabling speech and other sounds to be heard at a distance; also, a large speaking-tgumpet. meridian mir’zidi-on n. the great circle of the earth which pa es thru a given place or point and the axis of rotation of the earth, or the north and south poles; also, that half of this circle which extends from pole to pole thru a given place or point. mesh me§ n. one of the open spaces or zrnterstrces of a balloonznet, between the adjacent knots. meteor ‘m1i-ti-oz n. any atmosferre fenemenen; specifically, a transient firey or luminous body seen at night in the atmosfere or sky; a shooting-star; a falling-star. meteor-cloud ‘muii-ti-az,kzaod 2. the cloud dike tyain or streak left by a meteor or shooting-star rn its course thru the upper air or sky; a meteor-train. meteoric,mit i‘ezzk adj. of the region of mrdzair; of the atmosfere; atmosferzcal; meteorolegrcal; of meteors. meteorograph,mit i’eza,gza:f. [also spelt meteorograf] an apparatus for automatically recording several different kinds of meteorolegic fenemena at the same time. aerial meteorograph, a light form of meteerograf used on kites and sounding-balloons. meteorologic,mit i-szo‘tedszk adj. pertaining to or connected with meteor-logy; meteorolegrcal. meteorological,mit i-ozo‘led31-kat_ adj. same meaning as meteorologic. meteorological chart, a chart of map en which meteorolegrcal fenemena are represented; a wetherzmap. meteorological equator, see under equator. meteorological photography, fotegtafy as applied to meteorolegzcal record-making or other work; fotegrafy of meteorolegzcal fenemena.: meteorologically,mit i-szoted3ike-tz adj. rn a meteorolegrcal manner; by means of, or with respect to, meteorology. meteorologist,mit i-o’els-dszst m. one skrld mn meteor-logy. meteorology,mit i-o’els-d3r n. the science of the atmosfere. cosmical meteorology, meteor-logy as related to cosmical fenemena; the science of the earth’s atmosferzc fenomena as medzfied by or modifying the rest of the material universe. dynamic meteorology, meteor-logy from the point of view of dynamics; the science of the forces which produce the movements of the atmosfere. statical meteorology, meteor-logy from the point of view of statres; the science of the statical fenemena of the earth’s atmosfere; the study of the atmosfere at rest. mete orometer,mit i-o’zomr-toz 1. an instyument for mesurming meteors or for rocéiving and transmitting information as to the amount of rainfall, airzpre ure, wind, etc. meteoroscope,mit i’ois,skop 7. an instyument for observing meteors; a meteor scope. meteor-train ‘muii-ti-oztzeen n. the cloud-like train or streak left by a meteor or shooting-star 2n its course thru the upper air or sky; a meteor-cloud. microphotograph,mat-kso’fote,gza:f n. [also spelt microfotograf] a microscepze reduction or miniature fotograf, as of a map or written me age, sometimes used in ballooning, in place of an ordinary map, or for transport by carrier pigeons. micro photo scope,mai-kso’fote,skop x. [also spelt micro foto scope] a magnifying-device for reading microfotografs. midair ‘mid,e:z,,m1d’e:z n. [also spelt midair] the middle region of the air; the tract or zone between the clouds and the part of the atmosfere near the ground. midair ’m1d,e:z adj. [also spelt midair] of, pertaining to, or produced 1n, midair. mid flight ‘mid,fzait ». the midst of a flight: as, he was halted sn *mrdflight by the failure of his motor. midrib ‘mid,z1b. the middle or princzrpal rrb or stick in the frame of a kite. mid-section ‘mid,sekSon n. a section thru the middle part. mid-zone ’mid,zoon n. the zone or region in the middle, or at the equator, of the gasbag of a balloon. mile-high ‘’matt,har adj. sttuated or floating at a height or altitude of a mile from the ground-surface. milky way,milkr’wee n. the whitish or luminous cloudlike starry streaks and sheets visible in the sky at night and forming a belt girdling the entire hevens; the galaxy. mirage mix’za:3 ”. an eptzrcal illusion due to refraction or bending of light-rays in tgaversrng a irc layers of different dens-ties, common’ in het sandy deserts and occurring sometimes at sea, 1n which dzsterted, displaced, or inverted images of distant ebjects are seen and eften taken (when below the horizon) for real ebjects reflected in a body of water.: inferior mirage, a mirage located below the horizon; an illusory appearance as of a body of water at some distance with trees or other ebjects reflected in it. superior mirage, a mirage located above the horizon; the appearance in the sky of an inverted image, as of a ship which is really en the sea below the horizon.