n.; pl. L. Amœbæ E. Amœbas [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; change. ] (Zool.) A rhizopod common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. Same as ameba. See Rhizopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. amœbaeus, Gr. &unr_;, alternate; L. amoebaeum carmen, Gr. &unr_; &unr_;, a responsive song, fr. &unr_; change. ] A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Alternately answering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Amœbea. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Amœba + -form or -oid. ] (Biol.) Resembling an amœba; amœba-shaped; changing in shape like an amœba. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amœboid movement, movement produced, as in the amœba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like an amœba in structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; like + &unr_; part. ] The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.

{ } a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; like + -metry. ] Same as Homœomeria. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Homœomorphous. ] A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; of like form; &unr_; like + morfh` form. ] Manifesting homœomorphism.

a., n., n. Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Homoiothermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; like + &unr_; life. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homœozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL. “Named, according to Linnæus, from Gr. 'i`ps, 'ipo`s, a bindweed [ which it is not ], and "o`moios like.” Gray.] (Bot.) A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine. [1913 Webster]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomœa purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. pl. [ Dan. ] See Kitchen middens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mes- + amœboid. ] (Biol.) One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From August F. Möbius, a German mathematician. ] A mathematical object, or a physical representation of it, which is a two-dimensional sheet with only one surface. It is constructed or visualized as a rectangle, one end of which is held fixed while the opposite end is twisted through a 180 degree angle and joined to the fixed end. It is a two-dimensional object that can only exist in a three-dimensional space. [ PJC ]

The moebius strip was the subject of a famous woodcut by M. Escher, published in 1963. See Moebius Strip II. [ PJC ]

n. A wry face or mouth; a mow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make faces; to mow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a., adv., & n. [ AS. mā See More. ] More. See Mo. [ Obs. ] “Sing no more ditties, sing no moe.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ OE., fr. OF. moeble, mueble, movable, from L. mobilis. ] Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular (moeble). [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. moelle, fr. L. medulla marrow. ] An unguent for the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] Rubble masonry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to the Moesogoths, a branch of the Goths who settled in Moesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Moesogoths; -- also called Gothic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To move. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physics) Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Thermo- + electricity: cf. F. thermoélectricité. ] (Physics) Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } (Elec.) A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Thermo- + electrometer. ] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current. [ 1913 Webster ]