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Met![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Meet \Meet\ (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Met (m[e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Meeting.] [OE. meten, AS. m[=e]tan, fr. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; akin to OS. m[=o]tian to meet, Icel. maeta, Goth. gam[=o]tjan. See Moot, v. t.] 1. To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking. [1913 Webster] 2. To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents. [1913 Webster] 3. To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear. [1913 Webster] His daughter came out to meet him. --Judg. xi. 34. [1913 Webster] 4. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate. [1913 Webster] Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst, Which meets contempt, or which compassion first. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 5. To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand. [1913 Webster] To meet half way, literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Mete \Mete\, v. i. & t. [imp. Mette; p. p. Met.] [AS. m?tan.] To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] "I mette of him all night." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Met \Met\, obs. imp. & p. p. of Mete, to measure. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Met \Met\, obs. p. p. of Mete, to dream. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Meta Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Meta- \Met"a-\, Met- \Met-\ [Gr. meta` between, with, after;
akin to AS. mid with, G. mit, Goth. mi[thorn], 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.
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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.
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3. A prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics,
metalanguage.
[PJC]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Met \Met\, imp. & p. p. of Meet. [1913 Webster] Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
MET
Memory Enhancement Technology (HP), "MEt"
Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
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Micro Exposure Tool (Intel, EuropeV)
Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
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Middle European Time [+0100] (TZ, CET, METDST, MEZ)
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