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"Metal" Mike Chlasciak
Mike Chlasciak, also known as Metal Mike, is currently the guitarist for Sebastian Bach, Painmuseun, Cans and Halford. He has also played in Testament, John West, Ian Parry, MVP. ..
Meşterul Manole
In Romanian mythology, Meşterul Manole (roughly: Manole the Craftsman) is the architect of the Curtea de Argeş Monastery in Wallachia. The Manole myth was expressed in the folk poem known as Monastirea Argeşului ("The Monastery on the Argeş River"). His wife Ana (in full Ana lui Manole - Ana, ..
Meštrović Pavilion
Meštrović Pavilion is a building in central Zagreb, Croatia, designed by Ivan Meštrović and built in 1938, that has served several functions in its lifetime. An art museum before World War II, it has been converted into a mosque under the Independent State of Croatia, to become a Museum of Revo..
Met
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Met or MET may refer to: The Metropolitan Police Service, the Home Office (territorial) police force responsible for Greater London, EnglandLocated in New York City, USA:* The Metropolitan Opera in Manhattan* The Metropolitan Museu..
Met-Mex Peñoles
Met-Mex Peñoles is a large metallurgical and chemical facility located in Torreon. This industrial site processes the majority of the zinc and lead mineral ores mined and concentrated within Mexico and other countries. The facility produces the following metals: silver, gold, zinc, lead, cadmium a..
Met-Rx
Met-Rx (sometimes called MET-Rx) is the brand name of a nutritional supplement that comes in powdered form, best known as the product to pioneer a new category of bodybuilding supplements known as Meal Replacement Powders or MRPs. Contents 1 Origins2 Formulation3 Subsequent forms..
Meta
Meta (Greek: μετά = "after", "about," "beyond"), is a common English prefix, used to indicate a concept which is an abstraction from another concept, used to analyze the latter. For example "metaphysics" refers to things beyond physics, and "meta language" refers to a type of language or syste..
Meta, Missouri
Meta is a city in Osage County, Missouri, United States. The population was 249 at the 2000 census. Geography Meta is located at [38°18′45″N, 92°10′5″W] (38.312471, -92.167999)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a..
Meta-algorithm
A meta-algorithm is an algorithm that can be usefully considered to have other significant algorithms, not just elementary operations and simple control structures, as its constituents; also an algorithm that has subordinate algorithms as variable and replaceable parameters. Thus a meta-algorithm d..
Meta-analysis
In statistics, a meta-analysis combines the results of several studies that address a set of related research hypotheses. The first meta-analysis was performed by Karl Pearson in 1904, in an attempt to overcome the problem of reduced statistical power in studies with small sample sizes; analyzing th..
Meta-bigotry
Meta-bigotry is a type of entertainment which contains extremely bigoted people (such as Eric Cartman of South Park.) These programs tend to make fun of these characters by humiliating them or giving them the comeuppance they deserve. But often the fact that the programs make fun of them subtly lea..
Meta-Breed
The Meta-Breed is gang of superpowered characters in the animated series Static Shock, led by the supervillain Ebon. Ebon has tried to recruit as many Bang-Babies in his new gang the Meta-Breed as he can. Members of the gang include or have included: Ebon/Ivan Evans: Leader of the Meta-Breed. Ebo..
Meta-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. Meta-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid General Systematic name 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid Other names meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acidm-chl..
Meta-circular evaluator
A meta-circular evaluator is a special case of a self-interpreter in which the existing facilities of the parent interpreter are directly applied to the source code being interpreted, without any need for additional parsing. Meta-circular evaluation is only possible in homoiconic languages. ..
Meta-Coaching
In 2001, Dr. Michael Hall and Michelle Duval, co-developed the cutting-edge Coach Certification training Meta-Coaching, bringing together all the very best from the cognitive-behavioral science fields of Neuro Semantics (NS), Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and from the field of Coaching, under ..
Meta-Compilation
Metacompilation is a computation which involves metasystem transitions (MST) from a computing machine M to a metamachine M' which controls, analyzes and imitates the work of M. Semantics-based program transformation, such as partial evaluation and supercompilation (SCP), is metacomputation. Metasys..
Meta-data management
Meta-data Managenent involves storing information about other information. With different types of media being used references to the location of the data can allow management of diverse repositories. URL's, images, video etc. may be referenced from a triples table of object, attribute and value..
Meta-discussion
Meta-discussion is one of many terms based on the inferred meaning of the “meta-“ prefix. The etymology for the prefix dates back to use of Metaphysics as the title of the treatise by Aristotle that came after his works on physics in the traditional ordering of his books. The fundamental meaning..
Meta-epistemology
Meta-epistemology is a metaphilosophical study of the subject, matter, methods and aims of epistemology. In epistemology, there are two basic meta-epistemological approaches: traditional "normative" epistemology, and naturalized epistemology. Traditional epistemology has been concerned with "jus..
Meta-ethics
In philosophy, meta-ethics is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties (if there are any), and ethical statements, attitudes, and judgments. Meta-ethics is one of the three branches of ethics generally recognized by philosophers, the others being ethical theory ..
Meta-God
Meta-God is the final boss from the Playstation 2 RPG Shadow Hearts. It appears as a large, whitish entity of no discernable gender and features difficult to describe. It is obviously alien. Originating from the M72 Nebula, approximately four million light years away, it came to Earth after being..
Meta-Golden Rule
The Meta-Golden Rule says: "Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your superiors." This saying, a variation of the well-known golden rule, was attributed to English statistician and computer scientist I. J. Good in a 1993 essay by Vernor Vinge. Other sources attribute it to Seneca in th..
Meta-Grue
The Meta-Grue is a supervillain from the Freedom City setting of the role-playing game Mutants and Masterminds. He is closely analogous to the Super-Skrull. Meta-Grue is a renegade from the alien Grue race. The Grue performed an experiment to allow one of their Metamorphs to duplicate not only the ..
Meta-joke
Meta-joke may refer to three somewhat different, but related categories: "self-referencing jokes", "jokes about jokes" (see meta-) also known as metahumor, and "joke templates". Contents 1 Self-referential jokes2 Joke about jokes (metahumor)3 Joke template4 See also5 Ext..
Meta-modeling technique
Contents 0.0.1 Sequential activities0.0.2 Unordered activities0.0.3 Concurrent activities0.0.4 Conditional activities0.1 MetaData modeling0.1.1 Concepts0.1.2 Generalization0.1.3 Association0.1.4 Multiplicity0.1.5 Aggregation0.1.6 Propertie..
Meta-moderation system
A meta-moderation system is an arrangement used on some Internet websites (such as internet forums, blogs and news websites) which invite user comments. Users rate how good a job moderators are doing. The most famous site with such a feature is Slashdot. Users can enter "meta moderation mode" (or s..
Meta-Object Facility
The Meta-Object Facility (MOF), is an Object Management Group (OMG) standard for Model Driven Engineering. The official reference page may be found at [OMG's MetaObject Facility].MOF originated in the Unified Modeling Language (UML); the OMG was in need of a Metamodeling architecture to de..
Meta-paradigm
For the belief meta-framework, see Meta-paradigmal theory. A meta-paradigm is a map or framework to orient paradigms. This is obvious when we consider a paradigm as a way of thinking or seeing. The cognitive panorama is combination of spaces where we can locate and compare paradimgs. The need for r..
Meta-paradigmal theory
For the purely scientific definition, see Meta-paradigm. The language in this article reflects the standard needed when speaking to a person with minimal understanding of the English language. A meta-paradigmal theory is a model for creating a model, commonly one that deals with religious beliefs. ..
Meta-Process Modeling
The term Meta-process modeling as described here belongs to the context of Information System Development, in specific to the discipline of ‘Method Engineering’ / ‘Situational Method Engineering’, or ‘Process Engineering’. Method Engineering (as a component of case tools architecture) �..
Meta-program
One of a series of articles onNeuro-linguistic programming(NLP) NLP · Principles · Topics · History NLP and science · [[Neuro-linguistic_programming:_Bibliography|Bibliography]] Modeling · Meta model · Milton model Perceptual positions · Rapport · Re..
Meta-puzzle
A meta-puzzle is a puzzle that unites several puzzles that feed into it. For example, five puzzles that had the answers BLACK, HAMMER, FROST, KNIFE, and UNION would lead to the meta-puzzle answer JACK, which combines with all of those words to make new words and phrases. A "meta-meta" unites severa..
Meta-reference
Meta-reference, a meta-fiction technique, is a situation in a form of media whereby fictional characters display an awareness that they are in a film, television show or book. Sometimes it may even just be a form of editing or film-making technique that comments on the programme/film/book itself. It..
Meta-rights
Meta-rights are the entitlements individuals have to give up the rights they have. They are usually associated with a person's right to property because something cannot have monetary value if you can't give it up (i.e. sell it). ..
Meta-sentence
A meta-sentence is a sentence which refers to itself. For example, "This is a sentence." is a meta-sentence. ..
Meta-SQL
'Meta-SQL' Use (with reference to PeopleSoft) Meta-SQL expands to platform-specific SQL substrings, causes another function to be called, or substitutes a value. Meta-SQL constructs are used in functions that pass SQL strings, such as the following: SQLExec.Scroll buffer functions (ScrollSelect ..
Meta-systems
Meta-systems have several definitions. In general, they link the concepts "system" and "meta-". According to this vague indication, we may assume that meta-systems or metasystems are systems composed of the common properties of a large class of systems. For example, a mathematical modeling rule s..
Meta-tools
A contraction of meta- and tools defined as tools which work on metadata describing a target space. ..
META-T Pilot Project
Water Temperature metadata Pilot Project (META-T PP) Following previous discussions with the DBCP, the SOT, OCG, and the JCOMM Management Committee, the Water Temperature metadata Pilot Project (META-T PP) was established by JCOMM/OCG workshop, Reading, United Kingdom, 28-29 March 2006. Draft..
Meta-Wiki
Meta-Wiki is a website about the Wikimedia Foundation's projects, including Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia, and the MediaWiki software that powers it. It was first created as "Meta-Wikipedia" in November 2001 as a way to keep Wikipedia cleaner by moving all meta-content (content about the Wikipe..
Metaballs
Two metaballs Metaballs, in computer graphics terms, are organic-looking n-dimensional objects. The technique for rendering metaballs was invented by Jim Blinn in the early 1980s. Each metaball is defined as a function in n-dimensions (ie. for three dimensions, [f(x,y,z)]; three-d..
Metabarons
A cover of Metabarons. The Metabarons or The Saga of The Meta-Barons is a science fantasy comic series relating the history of a dynasty of perfect warriors known as the Metabarons. The Metabarons series was written by creator Alejandro Jodorowsky and illustrated by Argentinian artist Juan Gime..
MetaBB
MetaBB is a pre-hacked phpBB forum created by the MetaBB Group on November 11, 2004, seeking to reach the perfect balance between speed, features, flexibility and security. MetaBB is used by many forum users and webmasters, featured on a popular site called [phpBBhacks]. Most of the featu..
Metabee
Metabee (whose name is an abbreviation of Metal Beetle) is the Medabot belonging to Ikki Tenryou in the anime Medabots. Metabee is an old outdated Hercules Beetle type (or KBT-11220 type) Medabot. He possesses the rare Kabuto type medal that allows him to use the Medaforce. Metabee is known to be qu..
Metabelian group
In mathematics, a metabelian group is a group whose commutator subgroup is abelian. Equivalently, a group G is metabelian if and only if there is an abelian normal subgroup A such that the quotient group G/A is abelian. Subgroups of metabelian groups are metabelian, as are images of metabelian gro..
Metabiaugmented dodecahedron
Type Johnson Faces 10 triangles 10 pentagons Edges 40 Vertices 22 Vertex configuration - Symmetry group - Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the metabiaugmented dodecahedron is one of the Johnson solids (J60). The 92 Johnson solids were named and described by Norman ..
Metabiaugmented hexagonal prism
Type Johnson Faces 8 triangles 4 squares 2 hexagons Edges 26 Vertices 14 Vertex configuration - Symmetry group - Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the metabiaugmented hexagonal prism is one of the Johnson solids (J56). The 92 Johnson solids were named and described..
Metabiaugmented truncated dodecahedron
Type JohnsonJ69 - J70 - J71 Faces 30 triangles 10 squares 2 pentagons 10 decagons Edges 120 Vertices 70 Vertex configuration - Symmetry group - Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the metabiaugmented truncated dodecahedron is one of the Johnson solids (J70). ..
Metabidiminished icosahedron
Metabidiminished icosahedron Type Johnson Faces 10 triangles, 2 pentagons Edges 20 Vertices 10 Vertex configuration varies Symmetry group Dual polyhedron Properties convex In geometry, the Metabidiminished icosahedron is one of the Johnson solids (J62). The 92 Johnson solids were nam..
Metabidiminished rhombicosidodecahedron
Metabidiminished rhombicosidodecahedron Type Johnson Faces 10 triangles20 squares10 pentagons2 decagons Edges 90 Vertices 50 Vertex configuration Symmetry group Dual polyhedron Properties convex In geometry, the Metabidiminished rhombicosidodecahedron is one of the Johnson solids (J8..
Metabigyrate rhombicosidodecahedron
Type Johnson Faces 20 triangles 30 squares 12 pentagons Edges 120 Vertices 60 Vertex configuration - Symmetry group - Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the metabigyrate rhombicosidodecahedron is one of the Johnson solids (J74). It can be constructed as a rhombicosid..
Metaboli
Metaboli is a Games on Demand company which proposes downloads of PC games on a subscription model. This means that subscribers can download any of the games on the site and play them as much as they want, all at high speed. Games on the site are all premium, high quality games that you can by in t..
Metabolic acidosis
In medicine, metabolic acidosis is a state in which the blood pH is low (under 7.35) due to increased production of H+ by the body or the inability of the body to form bicarbonate (HCO3-) in the kidney. Its causes are diverse, and its consequences can be serious, including coma and death. Together ..
Metabolic Activation Therapy
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since July 2006. Metabolic Activation Therap..
Metabolic control analysis
Metabolic control analysis is a computational method for analysing variation in fluxes and intermediate concentrations in a metabolic pathway relating to the effects of the different enzymes that constitute the pathway. References Fell D., Understanding the Control of Metabolism, Portland Press, ..
Metabolic disorder
A metabolic disorder is a medical disorder which affects the production of energy within individual human (or animal) cells. Most metabolic disorders are genetic, though a few are "acquired" as a result of diet, toxins, infections, etc. Genetic metabolic disorders are also known as inborn errors o..
Metabolic disruptor
A metabolic disruptor is a food or food ingredient that disrupts the body chemistry and puts the system out of homeostasis. Common metabolic disruptors include sugar, white flour, hydrogenated oils, certain chemical additives, some artificial sweeteners, and drugs such as caffeine. Holistic nutritio..
Metabolic engineering
Cellular metabolism can be optimized for industrial use. Metabolic engineering is the practice of optimizing genetic and regulatory processes within cells to increase the cells' production of a certain substance. Metabolic engineers commonly work to reduce cellular energy use (ie, the energeti..
Metabolic enzyme
A metabolic enzyme is an enzyme involved in a metabolic pathway (chemical reaction), inside individual cells. Metabolic Enzyme's Purpose An enzyme is a catalyst which speeds up reactions within living organisms. Metabolic enzymes, especially in humans, speed up reactions within cells, tissues, an..
Metabolic equivalent
A unit of metabolic equivalent, or MET, is defined as the number of calories consumed by an organism per minute in an activity relative to the Basal metabolic rate (BMR/RMR, see below). A single unit (1 MET) is the caloric consumption of that organism, or individual, while at complete rest. For e..
Metabolic network
With the sequencing of complete genomes, it is now possible to reconstruct the network of biochemical reactions in many organisms, from bacteria to human. Several of these networks are available online: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG)[link], EcoCyc [link] and BioCy..
Metabolic network reconstruction and simulation
Metabolic network reconstruction and simulation allows for an in depth insight into comprehending the molecular mechanisms of a particular organism, especially correlating the genome with molecular physiology (Francke, Siezen, and Teusink 2005). A reconstruction breaks down metabolism pathways into ..
Metabolic Oncolytic Regimen
The Metabolic Oncolytic Regimen is an alternative anti-cancer diet that claims to encourage solid tumors with specific mutations to the p53 gene to become so acidic as undergo lysis (die off). This approach was pioneered by Dr. Anthony G. Payne based (in part) on work done by former NASA scientist, ..
Metabolic pathway
In biochemistry, a metabolic pathway is a series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell, catalyzed by enzymes, resulting in either the formation of a metabolic product to be used or stored by the cell, or the initiation of another metabolic pathway (then called a flux generating step). Many p..
Metabolic rift
This is the Marxist idea that the spread of the capitalist mode of production results in humans interacting less directly with their natural environment from which they derive their sustenance, which in turn leads to its exploitation. (Foster, 1999; Marx, [1867] 1976, [1863–65] 1..
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is a combination of medical disorders that affect a large number of people in a clustered fashion. In some studies, the prevalence in the USA is calculated as being up to 25% of the population, the end result of which is to increase one's risk for cardiovascular disease and diabe..
Metabolic theory of ecology
Metabolic rate may relate to organismal temperature and dimensions Researchers at the Santa Fe Institute, including ecologists James Brown, Brian Enquist, Jamie Gillooly and physicist Geoffrey West, helped to develop the metabolic theory of ecology. This theory predicts a relationship between..
Metabolic typing
Metabolic Typing is a method to formulate a specific diet for an individual, based on their genetic makeup. Often weight-loss diets seek to provide a "one-size-fits-all" solution. Metabolic Typing advocates that humans differ and therefore no standard diet applies. Method Three basic diet typ..
Metabolic waste
Metabolic wastes or excretes are substances left over from metabolic processes, which cannot be used by the organism (they are surplus or have lethal effect), and must therefore be excreted. This includes nitrogen compounds, water, CO2, phosphates, sulphates, indoles, medicals, food additives etc. A..
Metabolism
Metabolism (from μεταβολισμος ("metabolismos")) is the biochemical modification of chemical compounds in living organisms and cells. This includes the biosynthesis of complex organic molecules (anabolism) and their breakdown (catabolism). Metabolism usually consists of sequences of enzym..
Metabolist Movement
(Metabolist School of Architecture) In 1959 a group of Japanese architects and city planners joined forces under the name 'the Metabolists'. Their vision of a city of the future inhabited by a mass society was characterised by large scale, flexible and extendable structures that enable an organic ..
Metabolite
Metabolites are the intermediates and products of metabolism. The term metabolite is usually restricted to small molecules. A primary metabolite is directly involved in the normal growth, development, and reproduction. A secondary metabolite is not directly involved in those processes, but usually h..
Metabolome
Metabolome[#endnote_FirstUse] refers to the complete set of small-molecule metabolites (such as metabolic intermediates, hormones and other signalling molecules, and secondary metabolites) to be found within a biological sample, such as a single organism. The word was coined in analogy with..
Metabolomics
Metabolomics is the "systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind" - specifically, the study of their small-molecule metabolite profiles[#endnote_title_definition] The metabolome represents the collection of all metabolites in a biologi..
Metabonomics
Metabonomics is defined as "the quantitative measurement of the dynamic multiparametric metabolic response of living systems to pathophysiological stimuli or genetic modication". This approach originated in Imperial College London and has been used in toxicology, disease diagnosis and a number of ot..
Metabotropic glutamate receptor
Metabotropic glutamate receptors, or mGluRs, are a type of glutamate receptor which are active through an indirect metabotropic process. They are members of the group C family of G-protein-coupled receptors, or GPCRs (Bonsi et al., 2005). Like all glutamate receptors, mGluRs bind to glutamate, an a..
Metabotropic receptor
Based on their structural and functional characteristics, neurotransmitter receptors can be classified into two broad categories: metabotropic and ionotropic receptors. In contrast to the latter, metabotropic receptors do not form an ion channel pore; rather, they are indirectly linked with ion-chan..
MetaBrainz Foundation
The MetaBrainz Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit based in San Luis Obispo, California that operates the MusicBrainz project. MusicBrainz is a user maintained community music metadata database. Music metadata is information such as the name of an artist, the name of an album and list ..
Metabus
Metabus is also a spider genus (Tetragnathidae). In Roman mythology, King Metabus of the Volsci was the father of Camilla. ..
MetaCafe
MetaCafe is a video & media sharing community on the internet. MetaCafe users upload and share thousands of new videos every day. The MetaCafe community of reviewers filters out the noise and promotes the most favorite items. MetaCafe offers a desktop application, mainly targeted at users who..
Metacam
Metacam® is the brand name for the drug Meloxicam intended for veterinary use. It is marketed by Boehringer-Ingelheim; the same company that produces Mobic®, which has the same active ingredient but is intended for human use. Meloxicam is fairly unique as a Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drug or..
MetaCard
MetaCard is a cross-platform, commercial GUI toolkit. MetaCard includes an IDE and has its own language, MetaTalk. From the MetaCard Corporation website: "The MetaTalk language has all the features common to third-generation languages like C/C++/Java but has a much simpler syntax." External links &..
Metacarpophalangeal joint
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Metacentric height
The metacentric height (GM) is a characteristic of a ship which helps determines its stability in the water. Ship Stability diagram, showing Center of Gravity (G), Center of Buoyancy (B), and Metacenter (M) with ship upright and heeled over to one side. Note that G and M are fixed on the centerl..
Metacharacter
A metacharacter is a character that has a special meaning instead of a literal meaning to a computer program, such as a shell interpreter or a regular expression engine. Examples In some Unix shells, the ; (semicolon) character stops the previous statement and starts a new one.In many regular expr..
Metacheiromys
Metacheiomys is an extinct genus of mammal. It was a 45 cm (1 ft 6 in) long creature that bore some resemblance to a mongoose. It had long claws and an armadillo-like skull. Metacheiromys and its relatives are thought to be related to pangolins. ..
Metachondromatosis
Metachondromatosis is an autosomal dominant disease affecting the growth of bones. ..
Metachromasy
Metachromasy (var. metachromasia) is a characteristic change in the color of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes. For example, toluidine blue becomes pink when bound to ca..
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is the most common form of a family of genetic diseases known as the leukodystrophies, diseases which affect the growth and/or development of myelin, the fatty covering which acts as an insulator around nerve fibres throughout the central and peripherial nervous ..
Metacity
Metacity (pronounced like "opacity") is the default window manager for the GNOME desktop environment. Recently, its built-in compositing manager has been rewritten and vastly improved. The development of Metacity was started by Havoc Pennington and it is released under the GNU General Public Lic..
Metaclass
In object-oriented programming, a metaclass is a class whose instances are classes. Just as an ordinary class defines the behavior of certain objects, a metaclass defines the behavior of certain classes and their instances. Contents 1 Example in Python2 Metaclassing tools3 See als..
Metacognition
Metacognition refers to thinking about cognition (memory, perception, calculation, association, etc.) itself or to the thinking/reasoning about own thinking. Metacognition involves two types of knowledge: explicit, conscious, factual knowledge; and implicit/unconscious knowledge. The ability to th..
MetaComCo
MetaComCo was a company started in 1984 and based in Bristol, England. It was set up by [Dr. Tim King] to market TripOS which he had previously worked on whilst a researcher at the University of Cambridge. MetaComCo was contracted by Commodore to provide a disk operating system for AmigaO..
Metacomet
Metacomet (c. 1639-August 12, 1676), also known as King Philip or Metacom, was a war chief or sachem of the Wampanoag Indians and their leader in King Philip's War. Metacomet was the second son of Massasoit, the chief who had befriended the Pilgrims in 1621. He became chief in 1662 when his brothe..
Metacomet Trail
The Metacomet Trail is a hiking trail through central Connecticut that begins in Meriden and ends on the Massachusetts border. The trail takes you across numerous ridges with views of the central Connecticut valleys. The 18th century Newgate Prison in East Granby and Heublien Tower on Talcott Moun..
Metacommunicative competence
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Metacommunicative competence is the ability to steeringly intervene within difficult conversations and to corr..
Metacompact space
In mathematics, in the field of topology, a topological space is said to be metacompact if every open cover has a point finite open refinement. That is, given any open cover of the topological space, there is a refinement which is again an open cover with the property that every point is contained o..
Metaconcert
Metaconcert in fantasy fiction is the ability to augment one's own mind power with the freely given mind power of another or others. One of the authors covering this topic is Julian May, whose works include the 1998 novel Metaconcert. ..
Metaconglomerate
Metaconglomerate is the type of rock which originated from conglomerate after undergoing metamorphism. The cement matrix of conglomerate is not as durable as the grains, and hence when broken, conglomerate breaks around the grains. For metaconglomerate, however, the breaks are through the grains,..
Metacoon
Metacoon is an online platform for learning, cooperative work and for producing learning material (authoring tools). The platform is opensource (this means it can be used by all educational institutions and can be advanced/adapted by them) and the authoring tools are freeware (licence free use als..
Metacrap
Metacrap is a portmanteau word drawn from "metadata" and "crap." The origin of the word is unknown, but it was popularized by Cory Doctorow in a 2001 essay titled "Metacrap: Putting the torch to seven straw-men of the meta-utopia" (linked below). In the essay, Doctorow illustrates problems in rel..
MetaCrawler
MetaCrawler is a metasearch engine that searches results from About.com, Ask Jeeves, Google, LookSmart, MSN, MIVA, Yahoo! and other popular search engines. MetaCrawler was originally developed in 1994 at the University of Washington by then graduate student Erik Selberg and Associate Professor Oren..
MetaCreations
MetaCreations was a computer software company founded by Kai Krause and best known for its graphics applications, notably Bryce and Infini-D and Kai's Power Tools. MetaCreations was known as MetaTools until 1997 when it was merged with Fractal Design. In 1999 MetaCreations changed their name to Meta..
Metacritic
Website name [Metacritic.com] Commercial? Yes Type of site Reviews/Raitings Registration Free/subscription Owner CNET Networks Created by Metacritic is an Internet website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. For each p..
Metacyrba
Metacyrba is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Contents 1 Etymology2 Species3 References4 External links Etymology Combined from Greek μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus Cyrba. Species Metacyrba arizonensis Barnes, 1958 (USA)Metacyrba ..
Metadadaism
Closely Linked with Anti-Uberism and Proto-postmodernism, Metadadaism is a movement which is largely considered a response to the decline in influence of the young British artists nurtured by Charles Saatchi throughout the 1990's Whereas Dadaism's anti-aesthetic approach challenged accepted notion..
Metadata
Metadata is also a U.S. trademark of The Metadata Company. Metadata (Greek meta "over" and Latin data "information", literally "data about data") are data that describe other data. Generally, a set of metadata describe a single set of data, called a resource. Metadata are of special interest in var..
Metadata discovery
In metadata, metadata discovery is the process of using automated tools to discover the semantics of a data element in data sets. This process usually ends with a set of mappings between the data source elements and a centralized metadata registry. Metadata discovery is also known as metadata scan..
Metadata facility for Java
The Metadata Facility for Java is a specification for Java that defines an API for annotating fields, methods, and classes as having particular attributes that indicate they should be processed in special ways by development tools, deployment tools, or run-time libraries. The specification was deve..
Metadata publishing
Metadata publishing is the process of making metadata data elements available to external users, both people and machines using a formal review process and a commitment to change control processes. Metadata publishing is the foundation upon which advanced distributed computing functions are being b..
Metadata registry
A metadata registry is a central location in an organization where metadata definitions are stored and maintained in a controlled method. Contents 1 Use of Metadata Registries2 Common characteristics of a metadata registry3 Clear separation of semantics and system-specific constrai..
MetaDesign
MetaDesign is an influential German design consultancy founded by Erik Spiekermann. At the height of its capabilities, the business had offices in Berlin, London and San Francisco and employed more than 250 designers. Contents 1 Berlin, 19792 San Francisco, 1992 and London, 19953 ..
Metadirectory
A metadirectory system provides for the flow of data between one or more directory services and databases, in order to maintain synchronization of that data, and is an important part of identity management systems. The data being synchronized typically are collections of entries that contain user p..
Metadiscourse
Metadiscourse is a term used in philosophy to denote a discussion about a discussion, as opposed to a simple discussion about some topic. Metadiscourse is also a function of grammar in which a word, or group of words, functions to comment on what is in the sentence. It is, usually, an introductor..
MetaDocs
MetaDocs is a comic book from Antarctic Press. It centers around "a crack team of extraordinary doctors and surgeons" trained to save superheroes (and the occasional supervillain) when the dust settles after an epic battle. The comic is written by Joeming Dunn, MD and illustrated by Eisner-nominat..
Metaevolution
The word metaevolution refers to the whole process of evolution of matter from the origin of time (Big-Bang) down to the cultural and technological evolution that we are witnessing of our own species in our own small corner of the Universe. Thus, in this way, Metaevolution describes the process of ..
Metafiction
Metafiction is a type of fiction which self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction. It is the term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality. ..
Metafile
Metafile is a generic term for a file format that can store multiple types of data. This commonly includes graphics file formats. These graphics files can contain raster, vector, and type data. Some Examples: PICT(WMF) Windows Metafile(EMF) Enhanced Metafile(EPS) Encapsulated PostScript ..
Metafilm
Similar to metafiction in technique, the style of the film making calls attention to the fact that the film itself is a metaphor about the actual production of the film and that the audience is tied in with the drama unfolding on the screen. An example of a comparable technique in theater would be ..
MetaFilter
Metafilter's main page MetaFilter, known as MeFi to its members, is a community weblog whose purpose is to share links and discuss interesting websites. Contents 1 Community2 Content2.1 Best of the Web2.2 NewsFilter2.2.1 Politics2.3 Investigation3 Moderati..
Metaflow Technologies
Metaflow Technologies was a La Jolla, CA based microprocessor design company. It was founded in 1988 by Val Popescu, Merle Schultz, Gary Gibson, John Spracklen, and Bruce Lightner. The company is not well known to the general public as none of its designs were ever manufactured in volume. The co..
METAFONT
The METAFONT logo. METAFONT is a programming language used to define vector fonts. It is also the name of the interpreter that executes METAFONT code, converting the vector fonts into bitmap fonts that can be included in PostScript documents. Donald Knuth started work on font creation softw..
Metagame
Metagame, literally "a game outside the game," is a prediction of how others will make decisions in a game based on their personality or their previous decisions. A metagame can exist in any game in which the opposition is human or portrays some sort of artificial intelligence and the competitors m..
Metagaming
Metagaming is a broad term usually used to define any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game. Contents 1 Origins2 Games2.1 Adaptati..
Metagaming (disambiguation)
Metagaming may refer to: MetagamingMetagaming (role-playing games), a role-playing game termMetagaming Concepts, a publisher of board games This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to..
Metagaming (role-playing games)
In role-playing games, metagaming is the use of out-of-character knowledge in an in-character situation. A character played by a metagamer does not act in a way that reflects the character's in-game experiences and back-story. Examples of metagaming include: Adjusting a character's actions if the p..
Metagaming Concepts
Metagaming Concepts was a publisher of board games from 1975 to 1982 owned by Howard Thompson. Metagaming created and popularized the microgame format. It specialized in science fiction wargames; titles included Ogre, G.E.V., Godsfire, Stellar Conquest, and WarpWar. The company also published the..
Metagenics
The word metagenics uses the prefix meta and the suffix gen. Literally, it means "the creation of something which creates." In the context of biotechnology, metagenics is the practice of engineering organisms to create a specific enzyme, protein, or other biochemical from simpler starting materials...
Metagenomics
Metagenomics (also Environmental Genomics or Community Genomics) is the study of genomes recovered from environmental samples as opposed to from clonal cultures. This relatively new field of genetic research allows the genomic study of organisms that are not easily cultured in a laboratory. Early..
Metagonimiasis
Metagonimiasis is a parasitic disease caused by Metagonimus yokogawai, a minute intestinal fluke (the smallest human fluke). Contents 1 Characteristics1.1 Clinical Features1.2 Laboratory Diagnosis1.3 Treatment2 ''Metagonimus yokogawai''2.1 Life Cycle2.2 Geograph..
Metagraphy
"Metagraphics or post-writing, encompassing all the means of ideographic, lexical and phonetic notation, supplements the means of expression based on sound by adding a specifically plastic dimension, a visual facet which is irreducible and escapes oral labelling. . . . " Isidore Isou [[http://www.th..
Metagrobology
Metagrobology is the study of puzzles. Thus a metagrobolist is one who does or makes puzzles. Famous metagrobologists areNob Yoshigahara and David Singmaster. The word was coined by Rick Irby in the early 1970s. ..
Metagross
is a fictional character of the Pokémon franchise. Metagross's name is a combination of metal and gross, as in corpulent and dense, because of its large size. The "gross" may also be derived from a mispronunciation of cross, in reference to the mark on its face. Contents 1 Appearance2&nb..
Metagyrate diminished rhombicosidodecahedron
Type Johnson Faces 15 triangles 25 squares 11 pentagons 1 decagon Edges 105 Vertices 55 Vertex configuration - Symmetry group - Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the metagyrate diminished rhombicosidodecahedron is one of the Johnson solids (J78). The 92 Johnson so..
Metahepialus
Metahepialus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are three described species, all endemic to South Africa. Species M. anguistipteraM. plurimaculataM. xenoctenis External link [Hepialidae genera] ..
Metaheuristic
A metaheuristic is a heuristic method for solving a very general class of computational problems by combining user given black-box procedures — usually heuristics themselves — in a hopefully efficient way. The name combines the Greek prefix "meta" ("beyond", here in the sense of "higher ..
Metahistory
Metahistory is a historiography book by Hayden White first published in 1974. In Metahistory, White rejects the notion that historians or journalists are able to write about the past or present as it actually happens. Instead he defines archetypes of historians with specific characteristics who app..
Metahuman
Metahuman is a term to describe superhumans in the DC Universe. It is roughly synonymous with mutant (in the Marvel Universe) and posthuman in the Wildstorm and Ultimate Marvel Universes. Contents 1 ''Invasion!'': Origins & Definition1.1 The Metagene1.2 Population1.3 Metas &..
Metailurini
Metailurini is a tribe of extinct machairodontine saber-toothed cats. They existed from the Miocene to early Pleistocene, with most species being found in Eurasia. Members of this tribe were all scimitar-toothed (having broad and mildy elongated upper canines). Like most extinct cats, the majority..
Metailurus
Metailurus is a genus of machairodontine saber-toothed cats belonging to the tribe Metailurini that lived in Europe and Asia approximately 9-6 million years ago. Metailurus is known as a "false sabertooth" cat because, instead of true saberteeth, it had what appears to be a cross between long, fl..
Metairie, Louisiana
Metairie (local pronunciations /ˈmɛtəɹi/, /ˈmɛtɹi/) is an unincorporated, census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 17th Street Canal forms the border between Metairie and New Orleans to the east. The population was 146,136 at the 2000 census. Metairie ..
Metairie Cemetery
Angel statue at Metairie Cemetery Metairie Cemetery is a cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The name has caused some people to mistakenly presume that the cemetery is located in Metairie, Louisiana, but it's within the New Orleans city limits, on Metairie Road (and formerly o..
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Metakit
Metakit is an embedded database library with a small footprint. It fills the gap between flat-file, relational, object-oriented, and tree-structured databases, supporting relational joins, serialization, nested structures, and instant schema evolution. Interfaces for C++ (native), Python and Tcl a..
Metaknowledge
Metaknowledge or meta-knowledge is knowledge about knowledge. More precisely speaking, meta-knowledge is systemic problem and domain-independent knowledge which performs or enables operations on another specific domain-dependent knowledge in different domains of human activities. Meta-knowledge is..
Metal
Hot metal work from a blacksmith In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms ions (cations) and has metallic bonds. Metals are sometimes described as a lattice of positive ions (cations) surrounded by a cloud of delocalized electrons. The metals are one of the t..
Metal-Forum of Ukraine
Metal-Forum of Ukraine is the greatest international exhibition of Ukraine in the metal branch. This trade fair is held in autumn of every year on KievExpoPlaza in Kiev the capitol of Ukraine. The conference "Metal-2005: Management, production, trade and consumption" is part of the Metal-Forum. The..
Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor structure
A Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) structure is obtained by depositing a layer of silicon dioxide (2) and a layer of metal (polycrystalline silicon is often used instead of metal) on top of a semiconductor die. As the silicon dioxide is a dielectric material its structure is equivalent to a plane cap..
Metal-poor
Metal-poor is a term that is used to describe the chemical make up of an astronomical object. Typically the elements which are most often referenced in astronomy are hydrogen and helium, with all others being referred to as metals. In astronomy circles, a "metal" refers to any element heavier than..
Metal-rich
In astronomy and physical cosmology, the term "metal" or metal-rich is used to refer to any element heavier than hydrogen and helium. For example, a nebula that was rich in carbon compounds would be called "metal-rich", even though carbon is not considered a metal in other contexts. Elements heav..
Metal4kde
Metal4kde is an open source theme for KDE based on liquid that was developed by Moty Rahamim. The theme is composed by a brushed-metal looking style and a Mac-like window decoration. External links [KDE-Look: Metal4kde 0.2][Homepage of the Metal4kde Theme] ..
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey is a 2005 documentary directed by Sam Dunn, a 31 year old anthropologist who has been a heavy metal fan since the age of twelve. He sets out across the world to uncover the various facets of heavy metal music, including its origins, the controversy surrounding the genr..
Metalanguage
Metalanguage in linguistics is language used to make statements about language (the object language). Formal syntactic models for the description of grammar, e.g. generative grammar, are a type of metalanguage. More broadly, it can refer to any terminology or language used to discuss language itself..
Metalation
Metalation (metallation) is a chemical reaction which results in a metal atom being attached to a (usually organic) molecule. ..
Metalaxyl
Metalaxyl is a fungicide methyl N-(methoxyacetyl)-N-(2,6-xylyl)-DL-alaninate ..
Metalclad
redirect [[Template:POV-check]]Metalclad is an American landfill management firm that started a NAFTA controversy in Mexico's poor city of Guadacazar. Metalclad bought a landfill site from a Mexican company Coterin in 1993. Coterin had wanted to develop a hazardous waste landfill on the site but w..
Metalcore
Metalcore is a musical genre consisting of a mix between heavy metal and hardcore punk. Although the genre has risen in popularity since the turn of the millennium, it is not a new genre, as many would believe, since bands such as Integrity have been around since the late 1980s. Defining the met..
Metaldehyde
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Metalepsis
Metalepsis is a figure of speech in which one thing is referenced by something else which is only remotely associated with it. Often the association works through a different figure of speech, or through a chain of cause and effect. Oftentimes metalepsis refers to the combination of several figure..
MetalEtemon
MetalEtemon is from the Digimon Adventure series. A Cyborg Digimon, he is the Mega form of Etemon, and has a WaruMonzaemon beanie attached to his waist. Contents 1 Abilities1.1 Attacks2 Appearances2.1 Digimon Adventure2.2 Digimon World Digital Card Battle2.3 Digimon..
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MetalGarurumon
MetalGarurumon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, the Mega form of Gabumon. This Digimon is a metallic version of Garurumon with flight abilities. In Digimon Adventure, he is voiced by Kirk Thornton. Contents 1 Abilities1.1 Attacks2 Appearances2.1 Digimon Ad..
MetalGarurumon X
In the Digimon fictional universe, the character MetalGarurumon X is a MetalGarurumon modified by the X-Antibody. It first appeared in the Digimon Digital Monster X-Evolution film. Contents 1 Description1.1 Digivolution1.2 Attacks2 Appearances2.1 Digimon: X-Evolution De..
MetalGreymon
MetalGreymon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, the Ultimate form of Agumon. His virus counterpart is the original MetalGreymon. In Digimon Digital Card Battle MetalGreymon's vaccine form was called RealMetalGreymon while his virus form was called MetalGreymon. His voice was suppl..
Metalhammer
Metalhammer (1990) is the debut single by the industrial and synthpop band, And One. Track listing "Metalhammer (clubmix)" – 05:24"Flash Allah (Jesus mix)" – 03:01"Metalhammer (radio edit)" – 03:12"And One (LP version)" – 04:21 Personnel Steve Naghavi: Voices & MachinesChris Ruiz: samp..
Metalhawk
[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]] Transformers Character Metalhawk Affiliation Autobot (Cybertron) Sub-Group Pretenders Function Space Commander Motto None Alternate mode(s) Cybertonian Jet Series Transformers: Super-God Masterforce Voiced by Katsuji Mori (Japane..
Metalhead
Metalhead is a popular term for a devoted fan of heavy metal music and is often used interchangeably with the term "headbanger". Headbanger is the older term, dating back to 1968 when it was coined to describe a group of fans violently banging their heads against a crowd barrier at a Led Zeppelin c..
Metalheadz
Metalheadz is a pioneering drum and bass record label based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1993 by Doc Scott and Goldie, it has been home to some of the drum and bass scene's brightest talent and is notable for the high quality of its back catalogue. The Metalheadz back catalogue features almost ..
Metalheadz (record label)
Metalheadz (record label) is a UK and US based record label owned and run by Clifford Price. See also List of record labelsList of jungle and drum n bass record labels External link [Metalheadz] ..
Metalhead (album)
Metalhead is the fourteenth studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). It features drummer Fritz Randow. "Conquistador" and "All Guns Blazing" are both speed metal cuts, and together with the epic metal of "Sea of Life", Metalhead is a fine traditional heavy met..
Metalhead (comics)
Metalhead is a fictional character created by Marvel Comics for their futuristic comic book line dubbed Marvel 2099 in X-Men 2099. His creators were John Francis Moore and Ron Lim. History Edward "Eddie" van Beethoven aka Metalhead was one of the mutants recuited by Xi'an Chi Xan to be a part of ..
Metalibrary
To quote Richard J. Sutcliffe, who coined the term: "An (abstract) metalibrary is the entire collection of a society's data, information, and techniques, together with the means by which it is stored, accessed, and communicated" (http://arjay.bc.ca/metalibrary/index.htm). More information about th..
Metalik Ada
Metalik Ada (literally "Metallic Island") is a Turkish island, and part of the Foca Islands group in the Aegean Sea. ..
Metaline, Washington
Metaline is a town in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States. The population was 162 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History Metaline was officially incorporated on October 6, 1948. Geography Metaline is located at �..
Metaline Falls, Washington
Metaline Falls is a town in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States. The population was 223 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History Metaline Falls was officially incorporated on May 13, 1911. Geography Metaline Falls is..
Metalinguistics
Metalinguistics is the branch of linguistics that studies language and its relationship to culture and society. References [Definition of metalinguistics], from Merriam-Webster ..
Metalinguistic abstraction
In computer science, metalinguistic abstraction is the process of solving complex problems by creating a new language or vocabulary to better understand the problem space. It is a recurring theme in the seminal MIT textbook, the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, which uses Scheme as..
Metalink
Metalink is an Open Standard/Framework for programs that download (Download Managers, BitTorrent clients, Web browsers, FTP clients, & P2P programs). For increased convenience, it stores the many locations of files (FTP/HTTP/P2P) in a single file (a .metalink) so chunks/segments of each file can b..
Metalist Stadium
Metalist Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Metalist Kharkiv. The stadium holds 30,305 people. It was built in 1925. ..
Metalium
Metalium is a power metal band from Hamburg, Germany. Their style of music is that of the traditional power metal sound which was pioneered in Hamburg by bands such as Helloween and Blind Guardian. Metalium released their first album, Millennium Metal: Chapter One in 1999. The original lineup inclu..
MetalKoromon
MetalKoromon (Choromon in Japan) is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, a Baby Level Machine Digimon. Contents 1 Evolution2 Abilities2.1 Attacks3 Appearances3.1 Digimon Tamers Evolution Fresh (Baby I) - MetalKoromonIn-Training (Baby II) - KapurimonRookie (..
Metallate
Metallate is the name given to a metal in an ionic complex. For example MnO42- contains manganate. ..
Metallgesellschaft
Metallgesellschaft AG was formerly one of Germany's largest industrial conglomerates based in Frankfurt. It had over 20,000 employees and a 10 billion US dollars revenue. Its had over 250 subsidiaries specializing in mining, specialty chemicals (Chemetall), commodity trading, financial services, and..
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. They were formed in October 1981. With 57 million albums sold in the United States ([RIAA Total Sales]), and 40 million albums sold outside the U.S. [link] [link], the total number of album sales is nearly 100 million. The ba..
Metallica: This Monster Lives
Metallica: This Monster Lives is a book written by Joe Berlinger (with journalist Greg Milner) about how he filmed the feature-length movie Some Kind Of Monster with the heavy metal band Metallica. ..
Metallicar
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Metallicar is the nickname of the Black 1967 Chevrolet Impala 4-Door Hardtop from the WB show Supernatural (TV s..
Metallica (album)
Metallica was the band Metallica's fifth album, released August 13, 1991 through Elektra Records. It is also called The Black Album because of its largely black and featureless cover with only the band's logo and a barely visible, coiled snake derived from the Gadsden flag. The motto of the flag, ..
Metallica Resources
This article is about the Canadian-based mining company. If you were looking for the band Metallica, see Metallica. Metallica Resources is a Canadian based mineral company trading on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol [MRB] and on the TSX under the symbol MR. The company's web ..
Metallicity
In astronomy, the metallicity of an object is the proportion of its matter made up of chemical elements other than hydrogen and helium. All heavier elements are described in astronomy as "metals". The metallicity of an object can give an indication of its age. When the universe first formed (acco..
Metallico
Metallico Metallico is a fictional superhero created by R.T.O. He has yet to be printed in a comic book, and at this time is just an idea. History Metallico's real name is Shane Livingston, and he grew up in Portland, ME. While pregnant, his mother was exposed to radiation, which caused him to..
Metallic Blues
Metallic Blues (in Hebrew, a transliteration of the English,"מטאליק בלוז") is a 2004 film coproduction (Israel/Germany/Canada) directed by Israeli director Danny Verete. Storyline and characters [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The film (ofte..
Metallic bond
Metallic bonding is the bonding within metals. It involves the delocalized sharing of free electrons among a lattice of metal atoms. Thus, metallic bonds may be compared to molten salts. Metal atoms typically contain a high number of electrons in their valence shell compared to their period or en..
Metallic fiber
Metallic fibers are manufactured fibers composed of metal, plastic-coated metal, metal-coated plastic, or a core completely covered by metal(1). Gold and silver have been used since ancient times as yarns for fabric decoration. More recently, aluminum yarns, aluminized plastic yarns, and aluminzed n..
Metallic hydrogen
Metallic hydrogen results when hydrogen is sufficiently compressed and undergoes a phase change; it is an example of degenerate matter. Metallic hydrogen consists of a crystal lattice of atomic nuclei (namely protons), with a spacing that is significantly smaller than a Bohr radius; indeed, the spa..
Metallic K.O.
Metallic K.O. is an infamous live recording by The Stooges. During much of the performances, Iggy Pop sings while chunks of ice, bottles, and jelly beans, among other things, are thrown at him due to his baiting the audience. The album, recorded on a reel-to-reel tape machine by none other than g..
Metallic paint
Metallic paint, also called polychromatic or "metal flake" paint, is used on the majority of new automobiles sold. Metallic paint can reveal the contours of bodywork more than non-metallic, or "solid" paint, and appears brighter in dull conditions. Close-up, the small metal flakes included in the ..
Metallic shift
Metallic Shift is an up and coming group from Durham, North Carolina. Their unique style combines emo, punk, metal and grunge in a fluid mix of hardcore Southern rock. They are currently working in lead singer and guitarist Daniel "Danny" Stern's garage, and also in bassist Connor Fowler's shed. The..
Metallic silhouette
Metallic silhouette shooting is a group of target shooting disciplines that involves shooting at metal cutouts representing game animals at varying distances. Metallic sihoulette shooting can be done with airguns, black powder firearms, modern handguns, or modern rifles. The targets used are rams,..
Metallic Starling
The Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica) is a native of north eastern Australia and other islands in Australasia such as New Guinea. From the Starling family Sturnidae, it has brilliant red eyes and black plumage. References BirdLife International (2004). [Aplonis metallica]. 2006 IUCN..
Metallic tower of Fourvière
The Tour métallique de Fourvière ("Metallic tower of Fourvière"), a landmark of Lyon, France, is a steel framework tower which bears a striking resemblance to the Eiffel Tower. With a height of 85.9 metres and weight of 210 tons, the "metallic tower" was built between 1892 and 1894 by a member..
MetallifeKuwagamon
MetallifeKuwagamon is an Ultimate Level Digimon of the Insect Group. Evolution Fresh (Baby I) - PopomonIn-Training (Baby II) - FrymonRookie (Child) - KoKabuterimonChampion (Adult) - BladeKuwagamonUltimate (Perfect) - MetallifeKuwagamonMega (Ultimate) - TyrantKabuterimon Abilities Attacks Homin..
Metallikato
Metallikato is a fictional Cybertronian martial art in the Transformers Universes. It is a fusion of both spiritual and physical training and a strict code of ethics, and is also characterized by an emphasis on bladed weapons. The Decepticon Pretender Bludgeon is a master of Metallikato. In the ..
Metallin
The use of the word Metallin in the English language is quite rare. Usually, according to the European Environment Information and Observation Network, the use of the word Metallin is for marketing metal objects altered by a metallin process listed below. The word metallin seems to Finnish in origi..