microlith

stone.] [Pref. micro- , and Gr. lithos =a dering the material of which they are in large Crystallography: Microscopic stony bodies ren measure composed all but crystalline. mi-cro-lith-ic, a. [Pref. micro-, and Eng. lithic.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Composed of small stones. 2. Anthrop.: A term applied to a particular style of funeral monuments. in which extremely small hewn, and the builders sought to produce effect by stones are used. They are nearly always squared or construction, not by the exhibition of mere force. micrology, s. [Gr. mikros = small, and logos monide. Micro gaster glomeratus is parasitic on The larvæ burst forth from the body of the cater- the caterpillars of the common white butterfly, pillar when it is ready to change, and form round its empty skin a little heap of yellowish cocoons. mi-cro-ge-o-log-1-cal, a . [Eng. micro geo log ( y ); -ical .] Of or pertaining to micro geology; derived from the use of the microscope in relation to geol- ogy. the microscope. ing upon the use of the microscope. 1. Lit.: Micrography; that part of science depend important matters; minutene about words; hair *2. Fig .: Undue attention to insignificant or un splitting. "There is le micrology The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia micrometer mi-crăm-ě-ter, subst . [Pref. micro- , and Eng. meter.] An instrument used with a telescope or microscope to measure small distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend very small angles. Micrometers are variously con structed. The field of the telescope may be provided with a graduated scale, or a metallic ring, or a diaphragm having parallel and intersecting spider-lines or fine wires. The micrometer with a graduated scale is used for measuring distances by direct comparison. See also Double -image micrometer, double-re 2703 *mi-croph-ô-nỹ, s . [MICROPHONE.] Weakne of voice. mi-cro-phō-tography, s . [Pref. micro-, and Eng. photography (q.v.).] A A photographic proce by which an object is reduced in size, while its exact form is retained. By means of this instrument letters can be reduced to a minute space, and afterward either enlarged by photography or read with a microscope. Practical use of the proce was made during the siege of Paris in 1870, in order to communicate with those inside that city by means of me ages conveyed by carrier-pigeons, the micrometer, ring-micrometer, scale- micrometer. [FILAR.]