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  • magazine rack — shelf for storing periodicals
  • magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
  • magic realism — a style of painting and literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner.
  • magistratical — Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.
  • magma chamber — a reservoir of magma in the earth's crust where the magma may reside temporarily on its way from the upper mantle to the earth's surface
  • magna graecia — the ancient colonial cities and settlements of Greece in S Italy.
  • magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
  • magnetic axis — the straight line joining the two poles of a magnet, as the poles of the earth
  • magnetic core — Computers. core1 (def 12a).
  • magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
  • magnetic head — head (def 33).
  • magnetic lens — Physics. an electron lens using magnetic fields for focusing an electron beam.
  • magnetic mine — an underwater mine set off by any disturbance of its magnetic field, as by the metal hull of a ship.
  • magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
  • magnetic star — a star having a strong magnetic field.
  • magnetic tape — strip sensitive to electromagnets
  • magnetic wire — a fine wire made from a magnetizable metal and used for wire recording.
  • magnetic wood — wood containing fine particles of nickel-zinc ferrite which absorb microwave radio signals, used to line rooms where mobile phone use is undesirable
  • magnetic-tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
  • magnetometric — Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, 'magnetometric' instruments; 'magnetometric' measurements.
  • magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
  • magnetostatic — Of or pertaining to magnetostatics.
  • magnification — the act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
  • magnificently — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
  • magniloquence — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
  • magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
  • magnus effect — the thrust on a cylinder rotating about its axis while in motion in a fluid, the thrust being perpendicular to the relative motion of the cylinder in the fluid.
  • malacological — Of, or pertaining to, malacology.
  • manganic acid — a hypothetical dibasic acid known only in solution and in the form of manganate salts. Formula: H2MnO4
  • mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
  • mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
  • manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • marching band — musical group that parades
  • marching girl — one of a team of girls dressed in fancy uniform who perform marching formations
  • marching song — a song with the rhythm of a march, esp sung by marching soldiers
  • marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
  • margaric acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, fatty acid, C 1 7 H 3 4 O 2 , resembling stearic acid, obtained from lichens or synthetically.
  • marginal cost — the cost of one additional unit of any item produced or bought in quantity.
  • mariage blanc — unconsummated marriage
  • masking piece — a flat, curtain, or other piece of scenery for concealing a part of a stage from the audience.
  • mass catering — the trade of supplying food and drink to large numbers of customers at the same time
  • mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
  • match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
  • matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
  • matriculating — Present participle of matriculate.
  • measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
  • meeting place — A meeting place is a place where people meet.
  • megacaryocyte — Alternative form of megakaryocyte.
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