| milling | The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill. High milling, milling in which grain is reduced to flour by a succession of crackings, or of slight and partial crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting the product. Low milling, milling in which the reduction is effected in a single crushing or grinding. Milling cutter, a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes. Milling machine, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by rotary cutters. Milling tool, a roller with indented edge or surface, for producing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure, as in turning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| milling-in | Refining the occlusion of teeth by the use of abrasives between their occluding surfaces while the dentures are rubbed together in the mouth or on the articulator. (05 Mar 2000) |
| millionairess | A woman who is a millionaire, or the wife of a millionaire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| millionary | Of or pertaining to millions; consisting of millions; as, the millionary chronology of the pundits. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| milliosmole | One-thousandth of an osmole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milliped | <zoology> The same Milleped. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| millipede | A venomous nonpredaceous arthropod of the order Diplopoda, characterised by two pairs of legs per leg-bearing segment. The venom is purely defensive, oozed or squirted from pores along the body, producing irritation to the skin or severe inflammation if it reaches the eyes. Origin: milli-+ L. Pes, pedis, foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| Millipore filter | <cell culture, equipment> Trade name for a well known brand of micropore filters. (12 Jan 1998) |
| millisecond | One-thousandth of a second. (05 Mar 2000) |
| millivolt | One thousandth of a volt. Abbreviation: mV (05 Mar 2000) |
| milliweber | <physics> The thousandth part of one weber. Origin: Milli- + weber. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |