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Myria- (gcide) | Myria- \Myr"i*a-\ [Gr. ? a myriad. See Myriad.]
A prefix, esp. in the metric system, indicating ten thousand,
ten thousand times; as, myriameter.
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myriad (mass) | myriad
- nespočetný, myriada |
Myriacanthous (gcide) | Myriacanthous \Myr`i*a*can"thous\, a. [Gr. ? numberless +
'a`kanqa a spine.] (Zool.)
Having numerous spines, as certain fishes.
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myriachit (gcide) | Miryachit \Mir"ya*chit`\, n. [Written also myriachit.] [Yakoot
merj[aum]k epileptic, fr. imerek jerk, rage.] (Med.)
A nervous disease in which the patient involuntarily imitates
the words or action of another.
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Myriad (gcide) | Myriad \Myr"i*ad\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? numberless, pl. ? ten
thousand: cf. F. myriade.]
1. The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or
things.
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2. An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely
large number.
[1913 Webster]Myriad \Myr"i*ad\, a.
Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as,
myriad stars.
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Myriagram (gcide) | Myriagram \Myr"i*a*gram\, Myriagramme \Myr"i*a*gramme\, n. [F.
myriagramme. See Myria-, and 3d Gram.]
A metric weight, consisting of ten thousand grams or ten
kilograms. It is equal to 22.046 lbs. avoirdupois.
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Myriagramme (gcide) | Myriagram \Myr"i*a*gram\, Myriagramme \Myr"i*a*gramme\, n. [F.
myriagramme. See Myria-, and 3d Gram.]
A metric weight, consisting of ten thousand grams or ten
kilograms. It is equal to 22.046 lbs. avoirdupois.
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Myrialiter (gcide) | Myrialiter \Myr"i*a*li`ter\, Myrialitre \Myr"i*a*li`tre\, n. [F.
myrialitre. See Myria-, and Liter.]
A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand liters.
It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons.
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Myrialitre (gcide) | Myrialiter \Myr"i*a*li`ter\, Myrialitre \Myr"i*a*li`tre\, n. [F.
myrialitre. See Myria-, and Liter.]
A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand liters.
It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons.
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Myriameter (gcide) | Myriameter \Myr"i*a*me`ter\, Myriametre \Myr"i*a*me`tre\, n. [F.
myriam[`e]tre. See Myria-, and Meter.]
A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters.
It is equal to 6.2137 miles.
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Myriametre (gcide) | Myriameter \Myr"i*a*me`ter\, Myriametre \Myr"i*a*me`tre\, n. [F.
myriam[`e]tre. See Myria-, and Meter.]
A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters.
It is equal to 6.2137 miles.
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Myriapod (gcide) | Myriapod \Myr"i*a*pod\, n. [Cf. F. myriapode.] (Zool.)
One of the Myriapoda.
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Myriapoda (gcide) | Myriapoda \Myr`i*ap"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? numberless +
-poda.] (Zool.)
A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod
insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of
numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true
jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of
mouth organs, and numerous tracheae, similar to those of true
insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three
pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped.
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Note: The existing Myriapoda are divided into three orders:
Chilopoda, Chilognatha or Diplopoda, and
Pauropoda (see these words in the Vocabulary). Large
fossil species (very different from any living forms)
are found in the Carboniferous formation.
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Myriarch (gcide) | Myriarch \Myr"i*arch\, n. [Gr. ?, ?; ? ten thousand + ? chief.]
A captain or commander of ten thousand men.
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Myriare (gcide) | Myriare \Myr"i*are\, n. [F. See Myria-, and 2d Are.]
A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten
thousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to
about 247.1 acres.
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