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Mi`cro*a*nal"y*sis (?), n. [Micro- + analysis.] Analysis of the structure of materials from careful observation of photomicrographs.

Mi`cro*bar"o*graph (?), n. [Micro- + barograph.] An instrument for recording minor fluctuations of atmospheric pressure, as opposed to general barometric surges.

Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gy (?), n. [See Microbe; -logy.] The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria. -- Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al (#), a. -- Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist (#), n.

Mi*crog"ra*phy (?), n. [Micro- + -graphy.] Examination or study by means of the microscope, as of an etched surface of metal to determine its structure.

Mi`cro*par"a*site (?), n. A parasitic microörganism. -- Mi`cro*par`a*sit"ic (#), a.

Mi`cro*phon"ic (?), a. Of or pert. to a microphone; serving to intensify weak sounds.

Mi"cro*seism (?), n. [Micro- + Gr. &?; an earthquake, fr. &?; to shake.] A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detected only by means of specially constructed apparatus. -- Mi`cro*seis"mic (#), *seis"mic*al (#), a.

Mi`cro*seis"mo*graph (?), n. [Microseiem + -graph.] A microseismometer; specif., a microseismometer producing a graphic record.

Mi`cro*seis*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Microseiem + -logy.] Science or study of microseisms.

Mi`cro*seis*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Microseism + -meter.] A seismometer for measuring amplitudes or periods, or both, of microseisms. -- Mi`cro*seis*mom"e*try (#), n.

{ Mi`cro*tom"ic (?), Mi`cro*tom"ic*al (?) }, a. Of or pert. to the microtome or microtomy; cutting thin slices.

{ Mid"gard (md"gärd), n. Also Mid"garth (-gär), ||Mith"garthr (Icel. m"gärr') }. [Icel. miðgarðr.] (Teut. Myth.) The middle space or region between heaven and hell, the abode of human beings; the earth.

Mid"night` sun. The sun shining at midnight in the arctic or antarctic summer.

Mi*la"dy (?), n. [F., fr. English.] Lit., my lady; hence (as used on the Continent), an English noblewoman or gentlewoman.

||Mi`lieu" (?), n. [F., fr. mi middle (L. medius) + lieu place. See Demi-, Lieu.] Environment.

The intellectual and moral milieu created by multitudes of self-centered, cultivated personalities.

J. A. Symonds.

It is one of the great outstanding facts of his progressive relation to the elements of his social milieu.

J. M. Baldwin.

Milk (?), v. i. 1. To draw or to yield milk.

2. (Elec.) To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation; -- said of a storage battery.

Milk sickness. (Veter.) A peculiar malignant disease, occurring in parts of the western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons using the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted water.

Mill (?), v. i. 1. To undergo hulling, as maize.

2. To move in a circle, as cattle upon a plain.

The deer and the pig and the nilghar were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles radius.

Kipling.

3. To swim suddenly in a new direction; -- said of whales.

4. To take part in a mill; to box.