Definitions beginning with M

MIC - permalink - collapse

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Meteorologist In Charge
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Browse Related Terms: Dart Leader, HIC

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Management Information Center (MDA).
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Browse Related Terms: FAMIS, IM, ISMO, Life-Cycle Management, LMIS, MIRS, MIS, ROI, SPIMS, TAFIM, TFIM

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A security feature that requires a process to have an integrity level equal to or higher than the integrity level of an object in order to obtain some kind of access to that object.
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Browse Related Terms: Authentication, IL, integrity level, Mandatory Integrity Control, object protection level, protection level

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Abbreviation for medium interface connector.
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Browse Related Terms: APD, AUI, BRI, I/F, MIP, NRI, POI, PRI, VNL

Mica - permalink - collapse

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Group of minerals that form thin, platy flakes, typically with shiny surfaces, especially common in metamorphic rocks.

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Browse Related Terms: Gneiss, Marble, Metamorphic, Schist

Michaelis constant - permalink - collapse

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See: K_m.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: allotype, complementarity-determining regions, constant domains, dAb, single domain antibody, V region, variable domain

MICOM - permalink - collapse

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U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL.
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Browse Related Terms: ATACM, ATACMS, MSIC, USAMICOM, USAMSIC

MICR - permalink - collapse

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See magnetic ink character recognition (MICR).
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Browse Related Terms: ICR, ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition), MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition), OCR, OCR (Optical Character Recognition)

MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) - permalink - collapse

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The process used by banks to encode checks.
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Browse Related Terms: CPI, Dot Pitch, DPI (Dots Per Inch), Line Screen, PICA, Pitch, Resolution, Scan Resolution, True Resolution

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A technique that enables special characters printed in magnetic ink to be read and input rapidly and accurately into a computer
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Browse Related Terms: ICR, ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition), MICR, OCR, OCR (Optical Character Recognition)

Micro - permalink - collapse

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Small. A prefix meaning "one millionth".

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Browse Related Terms: Kilo, mega, Milli, Nanometer (millimicron), Pico

microalbumin - permalink - collapse

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A protein found in blood plasma and urine. The presence of microalbumin in the urine can be a sign of kidney disease.
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Browse Related Terms: ACE inhibitor, Albuminuria, bladder, blood urea nitrogen, diabetic kidney disease, dialysis, Hemodialysis, kidneys, Nephropathy, renal failure, urea

microalgal culture - permalink - collapse

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Culture in bioreactors of microalgae (including seaweeds).
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Browse Related Terms: anther culture, artificial medium, callus culture, cell number, cell suspension, culture alteration, culture room, embryo culture, gel, hairy root culture, initiation, Media, meristem culture, micronutrient, nodal culture, organ culture, organoid, panicle culture, single node culture, stages of culture (I-IV), stationary culture, suspension culture, synchronous culture

micro-array - permalink - collapse

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A large set of cloned DNA molecules immobilized as a compact and orderly pattern of sub-microlitre spots onto a solid matrix (typically a glass slide). Used to analyse patterns of gene expression, presence of markers, or nucleotide sequence. The major advantage of micro-arrays is the extent to which the process of genotyping can be automated, thereby enabling large numbers of individuals to be simultaneously genotyped at many loci. A similar approach may be used with other immobilized components for other purposes. Synonym: chip or DNA chip . See: somatic cell hybrid panel, radiation hybrid cell panel
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Browse Related Terms: Darwinian cloning, genetic gain, selectable

Microarray - permalink - collapse

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Sets of miniaturized chemical reaction areas that may also be used to test DNA fragments, antibodies, or proteins.
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Browse Related Terms: amplification, Multiplexing, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Primer

microarray technology - permalink - collapse

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A new way of studying how large numbers of genes interact with each other and how a cell's regulatory networks control vast batteries of genes simultaneously. The method uses a robot to precisely apply tiny droplets containing functional DNA to glass slides. Researchers then attach fluorescent labels to DNA from the cell they are studying. The labeled probes are allowed to bind to complementary DNA strands on the slides. The slides are put into a scanning microscope that can measure the brightness of each fluorescent dot; brightness reveals how much of a specific DNA fragment is present, an indicator of how active it is. See also cell, gene
National Human Genome Research Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: DNA probe, in situ hybridization, northern blot, oligo, Probe, Southern blot, Southern blotting

Microbarograph - permalink - collapse

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A instrument designed to continuously record a barometer's reading of very small changes in atmospheric pressure.
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Browse Related Terms: Altimeter, Aneroid barometer, Barometer, Barometric Pressure, Pressure Altimeter, Standard Atmosphere

Microbe - permalink - collapse

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See: micro-organism.
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A microorganism.
Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: biotransformation, cellulosome, Chakrabarty decision, chip, disinfestation, floccule, fouling, hydrogen-uptake positive, micro-element, micro-organism, remediation, rhizobacterium

microbend - permalink - collapse

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In an optical waveguide, sharp curvatures involving local axial displacements of a few micrometers and spatial wavelengths of a few millimeters. Note: Microbends can result from waveguide coating, cabling, packaging, and installation. Microbending can cause significant radiative loss and mode coupling.
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Browse Related Terms: bend loss, microbend loss, microbending

microbending - permalink - collapse

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See microbend.
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Browse Related Terms: bend loss, microbend, microbend loss

microbend loss - permalink - collapse

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In an optical fiber, the optical power loss caused by a microbend. [2196]
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Browse Related Terms: bend loss, microbend, microbending