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Metamorpho Metamorpho (real name Rex Mason) is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. A founding member of the Outsiders, he has also been a member of the Justice League Europe and the Justice League of America.
Metamorphosen Metamorphosen is a composition for 23 solo strings by Richard Strauss. Written during the closing months of the Second World War, and first performed in January 1946 (by Paul Sacher and the Zürich Collegium Musicum), it was written as a statement of mourning for Germany's destruction during the Second World War, in particular the bombing of the Munich Opera House, the Göthehaus, which Strauss called in a letter to opera librettist Joseph Gregor, "the world's most holy shrine — destroyed!
Metamorphoses (play) Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses opened at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre in March 2002. The play reworks some of Ovid's Metamorphoses (poem) into theatrical vignettes, often given contemporary characteristics.
Metamorphoses (poem) The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a poem in fifteen books that describes the creation and history of the world in terms according to Greek and Roman points of view. Written two thousand years ago (probably in the year 8 BCE), it has remained one of the most popular works of mythology, being the Classical work best known to medieval writers and thus having a great deal of influence on medieval poetry.
Metamorphosis Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's form or structure through cell growth and differentiation.
Metamorphosis (illusion) Metamorphosis is the name of a stage illusion invented by John Nevil Maskelyne, but most often associated with famous magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, and performed to some renown (for speed) by The Pendragons, among many others.
Metamorphosis (Smallville episode) "Metamorphosis" is the second episode of the first season of the WB original series, Smallville. The episode was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and was directed by Michael Watkins and Philip Sgriccia.
Metamorphosis of Plants Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German poet and philosopher published in 1790 the seminal essay Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären, known in English as Metamorphosis of Plants. In this work, Goethe essentially discovered the (serially) homologous nature of leaf organs in plants, from cotyledons, to photosynthetic leaves, to the petals of a flower.
Metamorphosis of Vivaldi's Four Seasons Metaporphosis of Vivaldi's Four Seasons is a musical piece featuring guitarist Uli Jon Roth's interpretation of 'Antonio Vivaldi's work The Four Seasons, in a rock-classical fusion. The album also includes a new concerto, "Metamorphosis".
Metamorphosis trick Metamorphosis is a stage illusion (magic trick) invented by John Nevil Maskelyne (who also invented the first typewriter to be produced in Great Britain), but most often associated with famous magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, and performed to some renown (for speed) by The Pendragons, among many others.
Metamutant A metamutant (Homo Superior), according to Amalgam Comics continuity, is a human being with superpowers usually by some form of mutation, or from hereditary status. Most of these powers tend to be powers that would be linked to superheroes, such as laser vision or shapeshifting.
Metanalysis In linguistics, metanalysis is the act of breaking down a word or phrase into segments or meanings not original to it. The term was coined by the linguist Otto Jespersen, from Greek elements meaning "a change of breakdown".
Metanarrative In critical theory, and particularly postmodernism, a metanarrative (sometimes master- or grand narrative) "is a global or totalizing cultural narrative schema which orders and explains knowledge and experience".Stephens, John (1998).
Metanephrops binghami Metanephrops binghami, the Caribbean lobster or Caribbean lobsterette, is a lobster which inhabits the western Atlantic region: from the Bahamas and southern Florida to French Guiana, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea .
Metanephrops challengeri Metanephrops challengeri (the New Zealand lobster or New Zealand scampi) is a species of lobster that lives around the coasts of New Zealand at depths of between 250 m and 1,000 m. It is an important source of scampi, for which it is caught, since the late 1980s, by trawling.
Metanexus Institute The Metanexus Institute, formally named the Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science and formerly known as the Philadelphia Center for Religion and Science, is a Philadelphia]-based educational center that promotes the engagement between science and religion. It seeks to advance research, education and outreach on the interplay of religion and science.
Metang is a fictional species of Pokémon, originally introduced in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. Metang is notable as the pre-evolved form of one of the most powerful non-Legendary Pokémon, Metagross, as well as one of the signature Pokémon of Steven, the reigning Hoenn Pokémon League champion.
Metanomic Metanomic is a composite of the words "meta" (Greek: μετά = "after", "beyond") and "nomic" (Greek: νόμος = "law"). In direct translation, "metanomic" means a subject or object that is "beyond the law".
Metapainting Metapainting is a contemporary art movement that evolved from the materials and practices of modern painting; in which the painted object transcends the spatiotemporal boundaries that constrict mere painting as it is currently understood. Metapainting takes as its central thesis the primacy of fully immersive sensory experience to the evolution of visual art, and that painting can no longer generate these experiences in the way it once could.
Metaphase Metaphase, from the ancient Greek μετα (after) and φασις (stage), is a stage of mitosis in the eukaryotic cell cycle in which condensed chromosomes, carrying genetic information, align in the middle of the cell before being separated into each of the two daughter cells.
Metaphor In language, a metaphor (from the Greek: metapherin rhetorical trope) is defined as a direct comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects and mainly uses "is a" to join the first subjects. A metaphor is commonly confused with a simile which compares two subjects using "like" or "as".
Metaphor Art The first draft of Metaphor Art was extending from the Chinese surrealism concept, which is an expression of an artistic conception. In another word is to displaying the theme with artistic symbolical language.
Metaphorical language Metaphorical language is a term referring to the use of a complex system of metaphors to create a sub-language within a common language which provides the basic terms (verbs, prepositions, conjunctions) to express metaphors.
Metaphysical levitation Metaphysical levitation is a name given to the paranormal phenomenon of levitation occurring without any scientific explanation (such as electromagnetism or air pressure). Of course, as with all paranormal events, cases of levitation are hotly disputed; traditionally the scientific and empiricist communities attribute such incidents to trickery, illusion, auto-suggestion, unseen natural causes, or most frequently simply deny the existence of any such phenomenon.
Metaphysical naturalism Metaphysical naturalism is any worldview in which nature is all there is and all things supernatural (which stipulatively includes as well as spirits and souls, non-natural values, and universals as they are commonly conceived) do not exist. It is often simply referred to as naturalism, and occasionally as philosophical naturalism or ontological naturalism, though all those terms have other meanings as well, with naturalism often referring to methodological naturalism.
Metaphysical poets The metaphysical poets were a loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century, who shared an interest in metaphysical concerns and a common way of investigating them. The label "metaphysical" was given much later by Samuel Johnson in his Life of Cowley.
Metaphysical solipsism Metaphysical solipsism is the variety of idealism which maintains that the individual self of the solipsistic philosopher is the whole of reality and that the external world and other persons are representations of that self having no independent existence (Wood, p. 295).
Metaphysics Metaphysics ( Greek: μετά (meta) = "after", φυσικά (phisiká) = "those on nature", derived from the arrangement of Aristotle's works in antiquityThat is, the articles concerning what Aristotle called the "first philosophy", and what we now call metaphysics, were several articles that appeared after his articles on nature, which was called physics. Therefore since the articles on the "first philosophy" came after the physics articles, the subject was called "metaphysics".
Metaphysics (Aristotle) Metaphysics is one of the principal works of Aristotle and the first major work of the branch of philosophy with the same name. The principal subject is "being qua being", or being understood as being.
Metaphysics of Morals The Metaphysics of Morals (Die Metaphysik der Sitten, 1797) is a major work of moral philosophy by Immanuel Kant. It is not as well known or as widely read as his earlier works, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and the Critique of Practical Reason.
Metaphysics of presence The concept of the metaphysics of presence is important consideration within the area of deconstruction. The deconstructive interpretation holds that the entire history of Western philosophy and its language and traditions has emphasized the desire for immediate access to meaning, and thus built a metaphysics or ontotheology around the privileging of presence over absence.
Metaphysis The metaphysis is the body of cartilage that separates the epiphyses and the diaphysis of long bones during growth. It is this part of the bone that grows during childhood; as it grows, it ossifies near the diaphysis and the epiphyses.
Metaplan Metaplan, Metaplan technique or simply card technique is a system for collecting ideas (or Creativity technique) when a group of people are working together. The method was initiated by Eberhard Schnelle in Hamburg, Germany.
Metaplasia Metaplasia is the replacement of one differentiated cell type with another differentiated cell type. An example is the condition synovial chondromatosis where cells of the synovial membrane undergo metaplasia to become cartilage-producing chondrocytes.
Metapleural gland Metapleural glands (also called metasternal or metathoracic glands) occur only in ants. They produce and secrete antibiotics onto the surface of the ant's exoskeleton, which help to prevent the growth of bacteria, fungal spores and pollen grains on the ants and inside their nest.
Metaplot The metaplot is the overarching storyline that binds together events in a role-playing game. Major story events that change the world, or simply move important non-player characters from one place to another, are part of the metaplot for a game.
Metapolitefsi The Metapolitefsi (Greek: Μεταπολίτευση, translated as polity or regime change) refers to the period in Greek history after the fall of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and includes the transitional period from the fall of the dictatorship to the Greek legislative elections of 1974 as well as the democratic period immediately after these elections.
Metapopulation A metapopulation consists of a group of spatially separated populations of the same species which interact at some level. The term metapopulation was coined by Richard Levins in 1969 to describe a model of population dynamics of insect pests in agricultural fields, but the idea has been most broadly applied to species in naturally or artificially fragmented habitats.
Metapragmatics Metapragmatics is a term from linguistics describing language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech. Discussions of linguistic pragmatics are meta-pragmatic, because they describe the meaning of speech as action.
Metaprogramming Metaprogramming is the writing of programs that write or manipulate other programs (or themselves) as their data or that do part of the work that is otherwise done at run time during compile time. In many cases, this allows programmers to get more done in the same amount of time as they would take to write all the code manually.
Metaproterenol Metaproterenol is used as a bronchodialator in the treatment of asthma. Metaproterenol is a moderately selective beta(2)-adrenergic agonist that stimulates receptors of the smooth muscle in the lungs, uterus, and vasculature supplying skeletal muscle, with minimal or no effect on alpha-adrenergic receptors.
Metarealism Metarealism is a direction in Russian literature and art that was born in the 1870s to the 1880s. The notion of "metarealism" — (meta means "through") — is metaphysical realism, or the realism of the hyperphysical nature of things.
Metarex The Metarex are a fictional army of cyborgs and robots in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe, appearing in the television series Sonic X. They are led by the villain, known as Dark Oak and have one motive: to dominate the galaxy (or so it seems).
Metarhizium anisopliae Metarhizium anisopliae is a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and causes disease in various insects by acting as a parasite; it thus belongs to the entomopathogenic fungi. It is being used as a biological insecticide to control a number of pests such as grasshoppers, termites, thrips, etc.
Metarteriole A Metarteriole (or arterial capillary) is a structure possessing some similarities to both arterioles and capillaries, yet is histologically distinct. It contains smooth muscle like an arteriole, but the coat is not continuous.
Metasearch engine A meta-search engine is a search engine that sends user requests to several other search engines and/or databases and returns the results from each one. Meta search enables users to enter search criteria once and access several search engines simultaneously.
Metasequoia Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood) is a fast growing tree in the conifer family Cupressaceae native to the Sichuan-Hubei region of China. It is the only living species in the genus Metasequoia, but three fossil species are known.
Metasoma The metasoma is the posterior part of the body, or tagma, of arthropods whose body is composed of three parts, the other two being the prosoma and the mesosoma. In insects, it contains most of the digestive tract, respiratory system, and circulatory system, and the apical segments are typically modified to form genitalia.
Metastasis (Xenakis composition) Metastasis, also Metastaseis ("dialectic transformations"), is an orchestral work for 65 musicians by Iannis Xenakis. His first major work, it was written in 1953-54 after his studies with Olivier Messiaen and is 8 minutes in length.
Metasyntactic variable A metasyntactic variable (IPA pronunciation: ) is either a placeholder name (a kind of alias term, commonly used to denote the subject matter under discussion), or a random member of a class of things under discussion. The term originates from computer programming and other technical contexts, and is commonly used in examples by hackers and programmers.
Metatable A metatable is the section of a database or other data holding structure that is designated to hold data that will act as source code or metadata. In most cases, specific software has been written to read the data from the metatables and perform different actions depending on the data it finds.
Metatarsalgia Metatarsalgia (Stone Bruise) is a general term used to refer to any painful foot condition affecting the metatarsal region of the foot. This is a common problem that can affect the joints and bones of the metatarsals.
Metatextuality Metatextuality is a form of intertextual discourse in which one text makes critical commentary on another text. This concept is related to GĂ©rard Genette's concept of hypertextuality in which a text changes or expands on the content of another text.
Metatheatre The word ‘metatheatre’ was coined by Lionel Abel in 1963, but although the term has entered into common critical usage, there is still much uncertainty over its proper definition, and what dramatic techniques might be included under its banner. Given its etymology (from the Greek prefix ‘meta’, which implies ‘a level beyond’ the subject that it qualifies), metatheatricality is generally agreed to be a device whereby a play comments on itself, drawing attention to the literal circumstances of its own production, such as the presence of the audience or the fact that the actors are actors, and/or the making explicit of the literary artifice behind the production.
Metathesis reaction (chemistry) Metathesis is a bimolecular process involving the exchange of bonds between the two reacting chemical species, which results in the creation of products with similar or identical bonding affiliations.International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, (2006).
Metathorax The metathorax is the posterior of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the third pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the metanotum (dorsal), the metasternum (ventral), and the metapleuron (lateral) on each side.
Metatorbernite Metatorbernite (or meta-torbernite) is a radioactive phosphate mineral, and is a dehydration pseudomorph of torbernite. Chemically, it is a copper uranyl phosphate and usually occurs in the form of green platy deposits.
Metatron Metatron (Hebrew מטטרון or מיטטרון), is the name of an angel in Judaism and some branches of Christianity. There are no references to him in the Jewish Tanakh (Old Testament), the Christian Scriptures (New Testament) or any Islamic source.
Metatypy Metatypy (stress on second syllable: metátypy) is a type of morphosyntactic and semantic language change brought about by language contact involving multilingual speakers. The term was coined by linguist Malcolm Ross.
Metaxalone Metaxalone (marketed by King Pharmaceuticals under the brand name Skelaxin®) is a muscle relaxant used to relax muscles and relieve pain caused by strains, sprains, and other musculoskeletal conditions. It is considered to be a moderately strong muscle relaxant.
Metaxas Line The Metaxas Line was a chain of fortifications constructed along the line of the Graeco-Bulgarian border, designed to protect Greece in case of a Bulgarian invasion during World War II. It was named after Ioannis Metaxas, the then dictatorial ruler of Greece, and chiefly consists of tunnels that led to observatories, emplacements and machine-gun nests.
Metaxata Metaxata (Greek: Κεραμειές, presently Κεραμιές), also Keramies is a community located in the southern part of the island of Kefalonia. It has a population of 493 and has only one municipal district.
Metcall Metcall (also known incorrectly as The C3i Programme) is an ongoing project to completely restructure the communications structure of London's Metropolitan Police Service. It is genererally referred to internally as 'C3i' and is managed by the MPS Directorate of Information (CO10).
Metcard Metcard is the ticket used to access public transport in Melbourne, Australia. It is a universal ticket which allows commuters to ride on the city's Metlink network, consisting of suburban trains, trams, and buses.
Metedeconk River The Metedeconk River (pronounced muh-TEE-duh-KUHNGK) of southeastern New Jersey flows from its North Branch (20 miles/32 km long) and its South Branch (15 miles/24 km long) to their confluence at Forge Pond, where the river then widens (up to just over 1 mile/1.6 km) and flows southeast for 6 miles/9.
Metekel Zone Metekel is one of the three Zones in the Benishangul-Gumaz Region of Ethiopia. Metekel is bordered on the south by Kamashi, on the southwest by Asosa, on the west by Sudan, and on the north and east by the Amhara Region.
Metel Anti-Ship Complex Metel Anti-Ship Complex (; "Metel" is "snowstorm" in English) is a Russian anti-submarine missile complex, alternatively known as RPK-3 Metel (also the URPK-3, URPK-4, URPK-5 variants). Its NATO reporting name SS-N-14 Silex.
Metelkova Metelkova is an autonomous social centre in the centre of Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is located on the site of former military barracks (the Slovenian headquarters of the Yugoslav National Army) and was squatted September 1993.
Metemma (woreda) Metemma is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Metemma is bordered on the south by Qwara, on the west by Sudan, on the north by Sanja, and on the east by Chilga.
Metempsychosis Metempsychosis is a philosophical term in the Greek language referring to the belief of transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. It is a doctrine popular among a number of Dharmic Religions of the East such as Hinduism and Jainism wherein an individual incarnates from one body to another, either human, animal, or plant.
Meteor (car) Meteor was a brand of automobiles offered for sale by Ford in Canada from the 1949 to the 1976 model years. The name was retired for the 1962 and 1963 model years, when the mid-size Mercury Meteor was available.
Meteor (film) Meteor (1979) is a film in which scientists detect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth and struggle with international, cold war politics in their efforts to prevent disaster. The movie starred Sean Connery.
Meteor (satellite) The Meteor craft are weather observation satellites launched by the USSR. The Meteor satellites were designed to monitor atmospheric and sea-surface temperatures, humidity, radiation, sea ice conditions, snow-cover, and clouds.
Meteor (ship) The Meteor, a unique boat of the experimental "Whaleback" design. The strange design, created by a brilliant Scottish captain named Alexander McDougall, enabled her to carry a maximum amount of cargo with a minimum of draft.
Meteor burst communications Meteor burst communications, or MBC for short, is a radio propagation mode that exploits the ionized trails of meteors during atmospheric entry to establish brief communications paths between radio stations up to 2200 kilometers (1400 miles) apart. It is also referred to as meteor scatter communications in some documents.
Meteor Crater The Meteor Crater, sometimes known as the Barringer Crater and formerly as the Canyon Diablo crater, is an impact crater, located about 35 miles (55 km) east of Flagstaff, near Winslow in the northern Arizona desert (USA). Its elevation is 1744 m (5,723 ft).
Meteor Garden Meteor Garden (流星花園, 'Liu Xing Hua Yuan' in Mandarin) is a Taiwanese drama that began its broadcast 12 April 2001 on China Television. It is based on the Japanese manga Hana yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers - Which is a pun since Dango also means sweets).
Meteor Garden II Meteor Garden II, or 流星花園 II in Mandarin, is a Taiwanese drama starring the popular boy band F4 (Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Vanness Wu and Ken Zhu) and Barbie Hsu. The story opens with the graduation of F4 from Ying De University and subsequently focuses on their life after graduation.
Meteor hammer The meteor hammer, often referred to simply as 'meteor', is an ancient Chinese weapon, consisting at its most basic level of two weights connected by a rope or chain. One of the flexible or 'soft' weapons, it is referred to by many different names worldwide, dependent upon region, construction and intended use.
Meteor Mobile Communications Meteor Mobile Communications Limited is a mobile telecommunications company in the Republic of Ireland. They operate a GSM cellular communications network under licence from the Commission for Communications Regulation, and were the third entrant in the market, after Vodafone Ireland and O2 Ireland.
Meteor Records Meteor Records was a record label started by the Bihari brothers, owners of Modern Records in Los Angeles, in 1952 in Memphis. The label, to be run by Lester Bihari , was a bold experiment to broaden the talent base by focusing on signing and recording Southern regional talent by having recording studios locally available.
Meteor shower A meteor shower, also known as a "meteor storm," is a celestial event where a large number of meteors are seen within a very short period. These meteors are small fragments of cosmic debris entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speed, leaving a streak of light that very quickly disappears.
Meteorite fall statistics Meteorite fall statistics are frequently used by planetary scientists to approximate the true flux of meteorites on the Earth. Meteorite falls are those meteorites that are collected after being witnessed to fall, whereas meteorite finds are discovered at a later time.
Meteorite falls Meteorite falls are those meteorites that were witnessed by people or automated devices as they transitted the atmosphere or impacted the Earth, and were subsequently collected. As of September 2006, there are about 1050 documented falls that are listed in widely used databases Meteoritical Bulletin DatabaseThe NHM Catalogue of MeteoritesMetBase, most of which have specimens in modern collections.
Meteorites classification The ultimate goal of meteorite classification is to group together all specimens that share a common origin on a single, identifiable "parent body". This could be a planet, asteroid, moon, or other current solar system object, or one that existed some time in the past (e.
Meteoritical Society The Meteoritical Society is a non-profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote research and education in planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of the origin and history of the solar system.
Meteoroid A meteoroid is a relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in the Solar System. When entering a planet's atmosphere, the meteoroid is heated up by ram pressure and partially or completely vaporizes.
Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina The meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina, an extremely destructive Category 5 hurricane, began on August 23, 2005 when it originated as Tropical Depression Twelve near the Bahamas. The next day, the tropical depression strengthened to a tropical storm, receiving the name Katrina; then, it proceeded to make landfall on southern Florida as a minimal hurricane.
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited (MetService) has been in existence since 1992 when it was established as a State-Owned Enterprise. It employs about 190 staff and its headquarters are in Wellington, New Zealand.
Meteorological Services of Canada The Meteorological Services of Canada (MSC) is a division of Environment Canada, which primarily provides public meteorological information and weather forecasts and warnings of severe weather and other environmental hazards. MSC also monitors and conducts research on climate, atmospheric science, air quality, water quantities, ice and other environmental issues.
Meteorology Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. Meteorological phenomena are observable weather events which illuminate and are explained by the science of meteorology.
Meteoropathy meteoropathy (from Greek meteora, celestial phenomena, and pathos, feeling, pain, suffering): a disorder, or physical condition, or symptom due to climate or conditions of weather such as humidity, temperature or pressure.
Meteosat Visible and Infrared Imager The Meteosat Visible and Infrared Imager (or MVIRI) is the scientific instrument package onboard the seven Meteosat first generation geostationary meteorological satellites. This instrument is capable of capturing images in the visble, infrared, and water vapor regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Meter (music) Meter or (chiefly British variation) metre (see spelling differences) is the measurement of a musical line into measures of stressed and unstressed "beats", indicated in Western music notation by a symbol called a time signature. Properly, "metre" describes the whole concept of measuring rhythmic units, but it can also be used as a specific descriptor for a measurement of an individual piece as represented by the time signature—for example, "This piece is in " is equivalent to "This piece is in 4/4 time" or "This piece has a 4/4 time signature".
Meter Point Administration Number A Meter Point Administration Number also known as MPAN, Supply Number or S-Number is a 21 digit reference, used in the United Kingdom to uniquely identify electricity supply points, such as individual domestic residences. Although the name suggests that an MPAN refers to a particular meter, an MPAN can have several meters associated with it.
Metered dose inhaler A metered dose inhaler (MDI) is a device that helps deliver a specific amount of medication to the lungs. It is commonly used to treat asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other respiratory problems.
Metered Dose Transdermal Spray A metered dose transdermal spray (MDTS) is a device placed gently against the skin and an actuator button is pushed which releases a light spray containing a proprietary formulation of the drug that quickly dries on the skin to form an invisible drug depot. The drug is then released into the blood stream on a sustained basis over 24 hours.
Metered reply mail Metered reply mail, or MRM, is a type of mail in which a business sends pre-printed, self-addressed envelopes or postcards to customers, with postage prepaid on the envelopes or postcards with a postage meter."Encouraging Customers to Reply", from the USPS It is thus similar to courtesy reply mail with a postage stamp already affixed.
Metes and bounds Metes and bounds is a system or method of describing land, 'real' property (in contrast to personal property) or real estate. The system has been used in England for many centuries, and is still used there in the definition of general boundaries.
Metford railway station, New South Wales Metford is a railway station in the new residential area of Metford, New South Wales, part of the Maitland City Council local government area. The station was built in 1997 on the Hunter Line, part of CityRail's outer suburban network.

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