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 154 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION

cosmical meteorology, meteorelogy as related to cesmical fenemena; the science of the earth's atmosfenc fenemena as modified by or modifying the rest of the material uni- verse.

dynamic meteorology, meteorelogy from the point of view of dynamics; the science of the forces which produce the movements of the atmosfere.

statical meteorology, meteorelogy from the point of view of statics; the science of the statical fenemena of the earth's atmosfere; the study of the atmosfere at rest.

meteorometer ,miti-o'zemi-t3z. an instrument for mesur- ing meteors or for receiving and transmitting information as to the amount of rainfall, air-pressure, wind, etc.

meteoroscope / miti / 633 / skop n. an instrument for observing meteors; a meteorscope.

meteor- train 'mii-ti-3z / tr.een w. the cloud^like train or streak left by a meteor or shooting-star in its course thru the upper air or sky; a meteor^cloud.

microphotograph ,mai-ks3'fot9,gza:f n. [also spelt micro- fotograf] a microscopic reduction or miniature fotograf, as of a map or written message, sometimes used in ballooning, in place of an ordinary map, or for transport by carrier* pigeons.

iiiicrophotoscope / mai-k33 / fot3,skop n. [also spelt micro- f otoscope] a magnifying^device for reading microfotografs.

midair 'mid,e:z, ,mid'e:z n. [also spelt midtair] the middle region of the air; the tract or zone between the clouds and the part of the atmosfere near the ground.

midair 'mid,e:z adj. [also spelt midfair'] of, pertaining to, or produced in, midair.

midf light 'mid,fz,ait n. the midst of a flight : as, he was halted in *midflight by the failure of his motor.

midrib 'midrib n. the middle or principal rib or stick in the frame of a kite.

mid-section. 'mid,sek$9n n. a section thru the middle part.

mid-zone 'mid,zoon n. the zone or region in the middle, or at the equator, of the gasbag of a balloon.

mile-high. 'mait,hai adj. situated or floating at a height or altitude of a mile from the ground-surface.

milky way ,milki'wee n. the whitish or luminous cloudlike starry streaks and sheets visible in the sky at night and forming a belt girdling the entire hevens; the galaxy.

mirage mi'zars n. an optical illusion due to refraction or bending of light^rays in traversing airzlayers of different densities, common in hot sandy deserts and occurring sometimes at sea, in tuhich distorted, displaced, or inverted

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