meteor system (meteors i stem)

A flock of small bodies moving together in space and acting upon each other by their mutual attrac tions and influences of various kinds. Meteor us (mē-tē-ō'rus), п. [NL. (Haliday, 1835), States. met epencephalic (met-ep-en-se-fal'ik or -sefa-lik), a. [ taining to the m ne met epencephalon. mete sencepha met epencephalon (met-ep-en-sef'a-lon), -sef'a-lon), n.; pl. met epencephala (-lä). [NL., gether c metepimeral (met-e-pim'e-ral), a. [ eron. met epimer on (met-e-pim'e-ron), n.; pl. mete pimera (-rä). [NL., met episternum (met-ep-i-ster' num), n.; pl. met episterna (-nä). [NL., meter1 (mē'ter), n. [Formerly also meeter ; metere (cf. metend , a measurer) (= D. meter = MLG. meter = OHG. me zāri , mezzāri , MHG. mezzer , G. me er = Sw. mä tare , a measurer), met an , measure: see metel . In the second sense, 'that which measures, an instrument for measuring,' as in gas - meter , wa ter-meter, etc., the word is partly confused in composition with the L. metrum , gasometer , electrometer, geometer, diameter, perimeter , etc.: see meter2 , meter3.] 1. One who measures; a measurer: as, a coal- meter ; a land- meter . [Rare.] But the aulnager, the weigher, the meeter of grants, will not suffer us to acquiesce in the judgment of the prince. Burke, Letter to a Noble Lord. which a stream of grain flowing from a chute or hopper is received, and the quantity discharged is indicated. Most of these grain-meters are automatic weighing-machines, the standard weight of a bushel of the grain being the unit of the scale of measurement, or, if the indications are in pounds, the latter divided by the weight of a bushel at once gives the delivery in bushels. - Magnetic-control meters, electromagnetic-control meters with permanent magnets substituted for electromagnets. Spring-control meters, electrical measuring-instruments in which IMG:content-0553.png:[blocks in formation]