Part 7017

<h1>Metrochrome</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Met"ro*chrome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ color.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring colors.</def>

<h1>Metrograph</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Met"ro*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ measure + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops.</def>

<h1>Metrological</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Met`ro*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82trologique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to metrology.</def>

<h1>Metrology</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Me*trol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ measure + <ets>-m\'82trologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.</def>

<h1>Metromania</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Met`ro*ma"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ measure + E. <ets>mania</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mania for writing verses.</def>

<h1>Metromaniac</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Met`ro*ma"ni*ac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who has metromania.</def>

<h1>Metrometer</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Me*trom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ womb + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring the size of the womb.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Metronome</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Met"ro*nome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ measure + <?/ distribute, assign: cf. F. <ets>m\'82tronome</ets>, It. <ets>metronomo</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music.</def>

<h1>Metronomy</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Me*tron"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Metronome</er>.]</ety> <def>Measurement of time by an instrument.</def>

<h1>Metronymic</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Met`ro*nym"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ mother + <?/, for <?/ name.]</ety> <def>Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; <as>as, a <ex>metronymic</ex> name or appellation</as>. -- A metronymic appellation.</def>

<h1>Metropole</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Met"ro*pole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82tropole</ets>. See <er>Metropolis</er>.]</ety> <def>A metropolis.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holinshed.</i>

<h1>Metropolis</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Me*trop"o*lis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>metropolis</ets>, Gr. <?/, prop., the mother city (in relation to colonies); <?/ mother + <?/ city. See <er>Mother</er>, and <er>Police</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.</def>

<blockquote>[Edinburgh] gray <b>metropolis</b> of the North. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>