||Me*sym"ni*cum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + &?; a festive
||song. See Hymn.] (Anc. Poetry) A repetition at the end of a stanza.
Met (?), imp. & p. p. of Meet.
Met, obs. imp. & p. p. of Mete, to measure. Chapman.
Met, obs. p. p. of Mete, to dream. Chaucer.
{ Met"a- (?), Met- (?) }. [Gr. meta` between, with, after; akin to AS.
mid with, G. mit, Goth. miþ, E. mid, in midwife.] 1. A prefix meaning
between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism,
the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying
over; metathesis, a placing reversely.
2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting: (a) Other; duplicate, corresponding to;
resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde. (b)
(Organic Chem.) That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus,
occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5
and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See Ortho-, and Para-. (c)
(Inorganic Chem.) Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl
groups; - - said of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used
adjectively.
Me*tab"a*sis (?), n.; pl. Metabases (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to
pass over; &?; beyond, over + &?; to go.] 1. (Rhet.) A transition from
one subject to another.