Part 7008

<hw>Me*temp"sy*chose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Metempsychosed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Metempsychosing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Metempsychosis</er>.]</ety> <def>To translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body to another.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Peacham.</i>

<h1>Metempsychosis</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me*temp`sy*cho"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ beyond, over + <?/ to animate; <?/ in + <?/ soul. See <er>Psychology</er>.]</ety> <def>The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Metemptosis</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`emp*to"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ beyond, after + <?/ a falling upon, fr. <?/ to fall in or upon; <?/ in + <?/ to fall.]</ety> <fld>(Chron.)</fld> <def>The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the <i>proemptosis</i>, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another every 2,400 years.</def>

<h1>Metencephalon</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`en*ceph"a*lon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Met-</ets> + <ets>encephalon</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to <i>meten</i>.</def>

<h1>Metensomatosis</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`en*so`ma*to"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a change of body (by the soul), fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of another.</def>

<h1>Meteor</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me"te*or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82t\'82ore</ets>, Gr. <?/, pl. <?/ things in the air, fr. <?/ high in air, raised off the ground; <?/ beyond + <?/, <?/, a suspension or hovering in the air, fr. <?/ to lift, raise up.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Hail, an ordinary <b>meteor</b>. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.</def>

<blockquote>The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning <b>meteors</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The term is especially applied to fireballs, and the masses of stone or other substances which sometimes fall to the earth; also to shooting stars and to ignes fatui. Meteors are often classed as: <i>aerial meteors</i>, winds, tornadoes, etc.; <i>aqueous meteors</i>, rain, hail, snow, dew, etc.; <i>luminous meteors</i>, rainbows, halos, etc.; and <i>igneous meteors</i>, lightning, shooting stars, and the like.</note>

<h1>Meteoric</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me`te*or"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82t\'82orique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, <as>as, <ex>meteoric</ex> phenomena; <ex>meteoric</ex> stones.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Influenced by the weather; <as>as, <ex>meteoric</ex> conditions</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; <as>as, <ex>meteoric</ex> fame</as>.</def> "<i>Meteoric</i> politician."

<i>Craik.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Meteoric iron</col>, <col>Meteoric stone</col></mcol>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Meteorite</er>.</cd> -- <col>Meteoric paper</col>, <cd>a substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors.</cd> -- <col>Meteoric showers</col>, <cd>periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods.</cd></cs>

<h1>Meteorical</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me`te*or"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Meteoric.</def>

<h1>Meteorism</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me"te*or*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites.</def>