| microchip |
a tiny, usu. silicon, plate of semiconducting material, holding a complicated, electronic, integrated circuit, as in computers. |
| microcomputer |
a small computer built with miniaturized components and used for applications that have a limited scope, such as small business and home computing and word processing. (See minicomputer.) |
| microorganism |
any microscopic life form such as a bacterium, protozoan, or virus. |
| microphone |
a device that converts sound waves into electronic signals for recording, amplification, or broadcast. |
| microscope |
an instrument using a lens or lenses to magnify extremely small objects, esp. those not visible to the unaided eye. |
| microscopic |
too small to be seen with the unaided eye. [3 definitions] |
| microwave |
any extremely high-frequency electromagnetic wave whose wavelength is between one millimeter and one meter. [2 definitions] |
| microwave oven |
an oven that cooks or heats food or beverages quickly using high-frequency electromagnetic radiation. |
| mid2 |
amid or among. |
| mid- |
middle. |
| Midas |
in Greek mythology, the king to whom Dionysus gave the power of turning everything he touched into gold. [2 definitions] |
| midday |
the middle part of the day or the time anywhere near or around it. [2 definitions] |
| middle |
in between and equally distant from two or more things, places, or points. [5 definitions] |
| middle age |
the period of human life between youth and old age, approximately the years between forty and sixty-five. |
| middle-aged |
of a person, being of an age between youth and old age. |
| Middle Ages |
the period of European history between antiquity and the Renaissance, from 500 A.D. to about 1500 A.D. |
| middle class |
the social class between the very rich or the aristocracy and lower-class laborers, that includes business people, professionals, farmers, skilled workers, and the like; bourgeoisie. |
| Middle East |
the region along the southeastern and eastern border of the Mediterranean from Libya and eastward to Afghanistan. (Cf. Far East, Near East.) |
| Middle English |
the English language as it was spoken and written from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. |
| Middle West |
see "Midwest." |
| midget |
(sometimes considered offensive) a much smaller than average person whose body is typically proportioned. [5 definitions] |