2. Written, copied, or recorded by machinery; produced by
mechanography; as, a mechanographic record of changes of temperature;
mechanographic prints.
Mech`an*og"ra*phist (-g"r*fst), n. An artist who, by mechanical means,
multiplies copies of works of art.
Mech`an*og"ra*phy (?), n. The art of mechanically multiplying copies of
a writing, or any work of art.
Mech"an*ur`gy (?), n. [Gr. mhchanh` machine + the root of &?; work.]
That branch of science which treats of moving machines.
Mech"i*tar*ist (?), n. [From Mechitar, an Armenian., who founded the
congregation in the early part of the eighteenth century.] (Eccl.
Hist.) One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church
devoted to the improvement of Armenians.
Mech"lin (?), n. A kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechlin, in
Belgium.
Me*cho"a*can (?), n. A species of jalap, of very feeble properties,
said to be obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus (C.
Mechoacan); -- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is
obtained.
Meck*e"li*an (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F.
Meckel, a German anatomist.
Meckelian cartilage, the cartilaginous rod which forms the axis of the
mandible; -- called also Meckel's cartilage.
Mec"o*nate (?), n. [Cf. F. méconate.] (Chem.) A salt of meconic acid.
Me*con"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; belonging to the poppy, fr. &?; the poppy:
cf. F. méconique.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium;
specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in
opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Me*con"i*dine (?), n. (Chem) An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted
as a yellow amorphous substance which is easily decomposed.
||Mec`o*nid"i*um (?), n. [NL., dim. of Gr. &?; a poppy. So called in
||allusion to the shape of the seed capsules of the poppy.] (Zoöl.) A
||kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyræa. It
||has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains
||attached by a pedicel.
Mec"o*nin (?), n. [Cf. F. méconine.] (Chem.) A substance regarded as an
anhydride of meconinic acid, existing in opium and extracted as a white
crystalline substance. Also erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc.,
as though it were an alkaloid.
Mec`o*nin"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid
which occurs in opium, and which may be obtained by oxidizing
narcotine.
||Me*co"ni*um (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; poppy.] (Med.) (a)
||Opium. [Obs.] (b) The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first
||excrement.
Med"al (?), n. [F. médaille, It. medaglia, fr. L. metallum metal,
through (assumed) LL. metalleus made of metal. See Metal, and cf. Mail
a piece of money.] A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with
a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event
or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.
Med"al, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Medaled (?), or Medalled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Medaling or Medalling.] To honor or reward with a medal. "Medaled by
the king." Thackeray.
Med"al*et (?), n. A small medal.
Med"al*ist, n. [Cf. F. médailliste, It. medaglista.] [Written also
medallist.]
1. A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of
medals. Addison.