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  • local examination — any of various examinations, such as the GCSE, set by university boards and conducted in local centres, schools, etc
  • logical operation — Boolean operation.
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • luminous exitance — the ability of a surface to emit light expressed as the luminous flux per unit area at a specified point on the surface
  • macroevolutionary — Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution.
  • macroinvertebrate — (zoology) An invertebrate that is large enough to be seen without the use of a microscope.
  • magellanic clouds — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • magnetic constant — the permeability of free space, which has the value 4π × 10–7 henry per metre
  • magnetic monopole — a hypothetical very heavy particle with an isolated magnetic north pole or magnetic south pole.
  • magnetic roasting — roasting of a nonmagnetic ore to render it magnetic so that it can be separated from gangue by means of a magnetic field.
  • magnetic rotation — Faraday effect.
  • magnetizing force — that part of the magnetic induction that is determined at any point in space by the current density and displacement current at that point independently of the magnetic or other physical properties of the surrounding medium. Symbol: H.
  • magnetoelasticity — the phenomenon, consisting of a change in magnetic properties, exhibited by a ferromagnetic material to which stress is applied.
  • magnetoresistance — a change in the electrical resistance of a material upon exposure to a magnetic field.
  • maintained school — a school financially supported by the state
  • maintenance costs — the costs associated with keeping a road, building, vehicle, or machine in good condition by regularly checking it and repairing it when necessary
  • maintenance order — a court order stating that a divorced or legally separated man or woman must pay his or her former partner a regular sum in order to cover the costs of living
  • majority decision — a decision supported by more than half the people involved
  • make conversation — If you make conversation, you talk to someone in order to be polite and not because you really want to.
  • make mincemeat of — a mixture composed of minced apples, suet, and sometimes meat, together with raisins, currants, candied citron, etc., for filling a pie.
  • managing director — manager who oversees a project
  • manicure scissors — scissors for manicuring or trimming the nails
  • manifest function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is planned and intentional.
  • many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
  • maraschino cherry — a cherry cooked in colored syrup and flavored with maraschino, used to garnish desserts, cocktails, etc.
  • mariner's compass — a compass used for navigational purposes, consisting of a pivoted compass card in a gimbal-mounted, nonferrous metal bowl.
  • marriage ceremony — official part of a wedding
  • master of science — a master's degree given usually in a specific branch of the natural sciences, mathematics, or technology.
  • maurice of nassau — Prince of Orange 1567-1625; Du. statesman & military leader
  • mechanoelectrical — Describing the production of electricity by mechanical motion; especially in a transducer.
  • meissen porcelain — Dresden china.
  • mercy otis warren — Earl, 1891–1974, U.S. lawyer and political leader: chief justice of the U.S. 1953–69.
  • metacommunication — Communication that indicates how verbal information should be interpreted; stimuli surrounding the verbal communication that also have meaning, which may or may not be congruent with that of or support the verbal talk. It may support or contradict verbal communication; Communication which is implicit and not expressed in words.
  • method invocation — (programming)   In object-oriented programming, the way the program looks up the right code to run when a method with a given name is called ("invoked") on an object. The method is first looked for in the object's class, then that class's superclass and so on up the class hierarchy until a method with the given name is found (the name is "resolved"). Generally, method lookup cannot be performed at compile time because the object's class is not known until run time. This is the case for an object method whereas a class method is just an ordinary function (that is bundled with a given class) and can be resolved at compile time (or load time in the case of a dynamically loaded library).
  • methyl isocyanate — Chemistry. a highly toxic, flammable, colorless liquid, CH 3 NCO, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of pesticides: in 1984, the accidental release of a cloud of this gas in Bhopal, India, killed more than 1700 people and injured over 200,000.
  • mexican stand-off — A Mexican stand-off is a situation in which neither of the people or groups in a conflict or dispute can win and neither wants to give in first.
  • microdermabrasion — A cosmetic treatment in which the face is sprayed with exfoliant crystals to remove dead epidermal cells.
  • microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
  • microevolutionary — Of or pertaining to microevolution.
  • microinvertebrate — An invertebrate of microscopic size.
  • microminiaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of microminiaturize.
  • micropaleontology — the branch of paleontology dealing with the study of microscopic fossils.
  • microphanerophyte — any shrub or tree having a height of 2 to 8 metres
  • mid-oceanic ridge — the continuous, double-ridged chain of mountains on the ocean floor, extending through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and into the Indian and Pacific oceans
  • mileage allowance — the number of miles allowed to be travelled on a rented vehicle such as a car during the period it is rented or leased
  • mileage indicator — a device on a vehicle such as a car, plane, etc which indicates the number of miles travelled
  • military covenant — the supposed understanding that members of the armed forces and their families will be supported by the state in the event of injury or death in the course of duty
  • mineralocorticoid — Biochemistry. any of a group of corticosteroid hormones, synthesized by the adrenal cortex, that regulate the excretion or reabsorption of sodium and potassium by the kidneys, salivary glands, and sweat glands.
  • miscellaneousness — Quality of being miscellaneous.
  • misidentification — to identify incorrectly.
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