Mean-line
noun, Printing.
1.
an imaginary x-high line.
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[meen-lee] /ˈmin li/ adverb 1. in a poor, lowly, or humble manner. 2. in a base, contemptible, selfish, or shabby manner. 3. in a stingy or miserly manner. [meen-lee] /ˈmin li/ adverb, Obsolete. 1. . adv. 1580s, “indifferently;” 1590s, “basely;” c.1600, “illiberally;” from mean (adj.1) + -ly (2).
- Mean machine
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- Meanness
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- Mean-noon
noun, Astronomy. 1. the moment when the mean sun’s center crosses the meridian.
- Mean-planet
noun, Astronomy. 1. a hypothetical planet that coincides with a real planet when the real planet is at perihelion and that moves in an orbit at a constant velocity equal to the mean velocity of the real planet.