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[ME., Of fynest must in oon metrete , Or it be atte the state of his fervence, VIII unce of grounden wermode in a shete Depend aunt honge, and XLti dayes swete; Thenne oute it take. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 203. metric1 (met'rik), a. [ 1 centimeter 1 millimeter 1 micron 1 hectare 1 are 1 centiare (or square meter) ( 1 decastere 1 stere (or cubic) meter) 1 decistere 1 kiloliter 1 hectoliter 1 decaliter 1 liter 1 millier 1 deciliter } IMG:content-0561.jpg:[blocks in formation] 90 inch. 2.471 acres. = 119.6 square yards. IMG:content-0562.png:[blocks in formation] 1 metric quintal = 2 hundredweight le 34 pounds, or 1 kilogram 1 hectogram 1 decagram 1 gram 1 decigram 1 centigram 1 milligram = 2 pounds 3 ounces 4 drams avoirdupois. = 3 ounces 8a drams avoirdupois. = 154.32 grains troy. = 15.43234874 grains. = 1.5432 grains. = 0.15432 grain. = 0.015432 grain. IMG:content-0563.jpg:[graphic] Closely connected with the metric system was the proposed division of the right angle or circular quadrant into 100 equal parts instead of 90 degrees; but this has not met with favor, mainly because the name degrees was retained, introducing a risk of confusion. See gram2. metric all (met'ri-kal), a. [ If we agree to accept a precise metrical quantity of one metal as our standard. Jevons , Money, p. 69. Metrical diagram. See diagram Metrical property or proposition. See descriptive property , under de scriptive. metrical2 (met'ri-kal), a. [ The Poesie metric all of the Grecians and Latines came to be much corrupted and altered. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 7. metrically (met'ri-kal-i), adv. In a metrical manner; measuredly; as regards meter. metrician (me-trish'an), n. [ metrification (metri-fi-kā'shon), n. [ metri- fy + -ation (see -fication ).] The making of verses; a metrical composition. [Rare.] Should I flounder awhile without a tumble Through this metrification of Catullus. IMG:content-0564.jpg:[blocks in formation] metro chrome (met'rō-krom), n. [ μέτρον , metro no my (met-ron'ō-mi), n. [ χρώμα , color.] An instrument IMG:content-0565.png:[blocks in formation] The theory which regards metrocracy and communal marriage as a stage through which the human race in gen- metro graph (metro-gråf), n . eral has pa ed. The Academy, Feb. 15, 1888, p. 136. measure, + γράφειν , write.] An apparatus for railway locomotive at any moment, and the time measuring and recording the rate of speed of a metroïacon (met-ro-i'a-kon), n.; pl. metroïaca of arrival at and departure from each station. (-kä). [LL., also metroïacum , , neut. of μητρῳακός , equiv. to μητρῷος , of a mother, metrologist (met-rol'ō-jist), n. [ metro log -y+ -ist .] A student of or an expert in metrology, Sp. metro logía = metrology (met-rol'ō-ji), n. [F. métrologie a measure, + -λογία , λέγειν , speak: see -ology .] The science of weights and measures. It has two parts, one relating to the art of weighing and measuring, and the other accumulating facts in regard to units of mea sure which are now or have formerly been in use. - Docu- mentary metrology, the science of ancient weights and measures based upon the study of monuments, especially of and measures of the past, and especially of the ancients. It is divided into documentary and inductive metrology. -Inductive metrology, that based upon the measure- ment of a large number of objects in regard to any one of which there is little or no evidence that it was intended to have any exact measure. metromania (met-rō-māʼni-ä), n. [F. métro- manie = Sp. metro manía = Pg. metromania , μέτρον , measure, + μανία , madne .] A mania for writing poetry. + -y.] The act, proce , or science of using a metronome, or of indicating tempo by refer- metronymic (met-ro-nim'ik), a. and n. [ όνομα , Æolic όνυμα , name: see onymт . μητρωνυμικός, named after one's mother, patronymic .] I. a. Derived nymic name. cestor: correlative to patronymic : as, a metro- from the mother or a maternal ancestor. II. n. A maternal name; a name derived Dublin being the metro pole and chiefe citie of the whole land, and where are hir maiesties principall and high courts. Holinshed, Ireland, an. 1578. metropolis (me-trop'ō-lis), n. [= F. métropole = Sp. metrópol i = Pg. It. metropoli , polis , μητρόπολις , a mother state or city (a city: see police .] 1. In ancient Gre capital city, mother , + πόλις, state, mother city or parent state of a colony, as Greece, the Corinth of Corcyra and Syracuse, or Phocea dependent, but usually maintaining close rela- of Ma alia (Marseilles), the colony being in- tions with the metropolis. IMG:content-0566.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0567.png:[blocks in formation] metronome (met'rō-nom), n . [F. métronome , μέτρον , a measure, + νόμος , law: see nome3 .] A mechanical contrivance for marking time, es- pecially as an aid in musical study or perform- ance. In its usual form it consists of a double pendulum (oscillating on a pivot near its center), the lower end of which is weighted with a ball of lead, while the upper end carries a weight of bra that may be moved up or down. When the latter weight is moved up, the rate of oscillation is slower; when it is moved down, the rate is faster. The number of oscillations per minute can be secured. The upper end of the pendulum is graduated, so that any desired IMG:content-0568.jpg:[blocks in formation] he only adapted and introduced it to general use. The instrument is used for re- (The dotted lines show the extent of vibration of the pendulum.) 2. Later, a chief city; a seat of government; in the early church , the see or chief city of an ecclesiastical province. kingdom, but at present a poor town. We stopped at Pavia, that was once the metropolis of a Add is on , Travels in Italy. 3. In modern usage: ( a ) Specifically, the see or seat of a metropolitan bishop. That so stood out against the holy church, The great metropolis and see of Rome. IMG:content-0569.jpg:[graphic] That metropolitan volcanoes make, Whose Stygian throats breathe darkne all day long. Cowper , Task, iii. 727. 2. Of or pertaining to the chief see of an eccle- siastical province: as, a metropolitan church. a composer, also as a means of teaching beginners the habit of keeping strict time. Its use is in pieces of marble entablatures and othe Very near the metropolitan church there are several Pococke , Description of East, II. i. 253. dicated in printed music by the metronomic mark (which striking a bell at every second, third, fourth, or sixth os- see, under mark1 ). Sometimes an attachment is added for cill at i on, so as to mark primary accents: such a metro- nome is called a bell -metronome. Various other metro- nomes have been invented, most of which are based upon the pendulum principle. Abbreviated M. metronomic (met-rō-nom'ik), a. [ mark. See mark1 . Metropolitan district. See district. II. n. 1. A citizen of the mother city or pa- rent state of a colony. See metropolis , 1. Both metropolitans and colonists styled themselves Hel- lens, and were recognized as such by each other. Grote, Hist. Greece, II. 315. 2. Eccles .: (a) In the early Christian church, the bishop of the municipal capital of a prov- ince or eparchy, who had a general ecclésias- metropolitan tical superintendence over the bishops and churches of his province, confirmed, ordained, and when nece ary excommunicated the bish ops, and convened and presided over the provincial synods. The superiority in rank of the bishops of the principal sees was so early established that many authorities have held that the office of metropolitan (including also under this title the primates of patriarchal sees) was of apostolic origin. In the developed organization under the Christian emperors a metropolitan ranked above an ordinary bishop and below a patriarch or exarch. In medieval times the power of most of the metropolitans of the diocesan bishops and the pope was relatively in in western countries became much diminished, creased. See archbishop and primate. By consent of all churches, the precedency in each province was a igned to the Bishop of the Metropolis, who was called the first Bishop, the Metropolitan . Barrow, The Pope's Supremacy. The bishops [of Cyprus] were... subjected to the Latin metropolitan, who was bound to administer justice among them. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 167. ( b ) In modern usage, in the Roman Catholic and other episcopal churches, any archbishop who has bishops under his authority. These be, lo, the ver ye prelates and bys shoppes metro politanes and postles of theyr sects. Sir T. More, Works, p. 1091. The archbishops of Canterbury and York are both metro politans . Hook. An Oath of obedience to the metropolitan ... was added to the Oath of Supremacy. R. W. Dixon , Hist. Church of Eng., xvi. (c) In the Greek Church, the bishop of the municipal capital of a province, who is in rank intermediate between a patriarch and a bishop or titular archbishop. At length the gilded portals of the sanctuary are reopened, and the Metropolitan , attended by the deacons, comes forward, carrying the Holy Eucharist. Harper's Mag ., LXXIX. 197. IMG:content-0570.png:[blocks in formation] As his wife she [Heloisa] closed against him [Abelard] that ascending ladder of ecclesiastical honours, the priorate, the abbacy, the bishopric, the metropolitanate , the cardinalate, and even that which was beyond and above all. Milman , Latin Christianity, viii. 5.