modulus 
tlal remainders when the tw n^' 
L-nt numlM-m are mOO 1 , . ami ndi-. See mo. 
aiwi'^il U w'rit' moe ~*> " alu ^ *' ^ J1 obsolete form of 
ten by'UuiuBand'olhers L'.I - ( I. 7). -Modulus Of a moeblet, n. and . Same as mM >. 
linear transformation, in '/... thu square of the de. moellon (mo el-Ion), n. [r., < OF.flMMMj 
termlnaotajtoe matrix of transformation that is, if tin: inn, broken stone, rubble, cf. minion, minion. 
ding to the equations m iddle, center, < moHli; marrow, pitli, = Sp. 
mi-ollit = Pg. medullil = It. midollo, < L. / dulln. 
marrow, pith, crumbs, < medius, middle. Cf. 
OF. moyi ; moic, the soft part of stone, < L. 
lilt-ilia, fein. nf iniiliiin, middle: see iiirilium. Cf. 
nuHi'ly.] Bubble-stone, sometimes used in ar- 
eliilecture, set in mortar, for such uses as till- 
ing between the facing-walls of a structure or 
in the spandrels of a bridge, 
moerologist (me-rol'o-jist), n. [< nuerolog-y + 
A professiona'l mourner. [Hare.] 
tlirh till' IlKilllllUS uf tnillSfonililtioll 
Modulus of a machine, the ratio of the load to the power 
in equilibrium. Modulus Of a matrix, ill nuilh ., tin' <l< 
ttTmiiiant of the matrix, this having the same constituentx 
arraiineii LI the same w;iy. Modulus of an elliptic In- 
tegral, differential, o - 
nuinher less than unity 
square of the sine of t h . 
delta or stiuare root whicli enters into the expression of 
such a quantity. Modulus of an Imaginary, in math., Mo380goth (me ' so-goth), n. 
that real positive number which multiplied by a root 
of unity gives the imaginary. Modulus Of a system 
Of logarithms, in uutth. See logarithm. Modulus Of 
elasticity, inp/<.wnc, in its general sense, the quantity of 
elasticity or the ratio of a stress to the strain that occasions 
it : but applied by older and less careful writers to young's 
tnoilnlitg [named after its inventor. Dr. Thomas Young, 
a celebrated English physicist (1773 1 v_>'.i > j, which is the 
Sressure or tension on the end of a bar per unit of section 
ivided by the compression or elongation per unit of length 
so produced. See elasticity. Modulus of gravitation, 
ino&rott., the square root of the component acceleration 
duo to gravitation of any body toward the sun at a dis- 
tance equal to the mean distance of the earth. See o(wo- 
i,,i, /;, :,i,ov,'. -Modulus of propulsion. SM tin 
quotation. 
As 100 cubic inches of cylinder capacity are needed 
move an engine with 20 tons adhesive weight one inch, 
we divide 100 by in we will get the cylinder capacity need- goths or their language. 
ed for each ton. That is, 100 -i- 20 = 5 cubic in. cylinder n T),o ion a nt tlio Mmm<rntlm 
capacity per ton (of 2,000 Ibs.) of adhesive weight Is need- , "-. " 1 he language < 
ed to move any locomotive one inch. This quantity we ItOtlnc, n. 
have named the inodulta of provulrion. mofet, t'. An obsolete form of more. 
Fartwy, Locomotive, p. 415. mo f e tte (mo-fef), . [= Sp. mofeta,< It. (dial.) 
Quadratic modulus, in math., the square of^the deter- mofetta,< L'. mephitis, a noxious exhalation : see 
~ 
.. or function. In inath., that positive mxBrology (me-rol'6-ji), . [< Or. uoipa, part, 
iiy the squareof which multiplies the ] , f , + .^ < ^ speak: see -olo</y.} 
:lii'unililltmle or variable untie in the ml ' V. ' ' 
The practice or art of professional mourning. 
"l (me'so-goth), n. [< NL. (ML. T) 
'.pi., < L. Monti, Or. Moro/, Mwn, a 
people of Tnrace, L. Mcesia, Gr. 'Hoiaia, Muria 
(Mwji'a /) cv Evp&ny, Mysia in Europe, in distinc- 
tion from Mysia in Asia Minor), their country 
(see def.), + Gothi, dr. ToBot, Goths: see Ooih.} 
One of those Goths who settled in Moesia, a 
Komau province north of the Balkans, south of 
the Danube, and east of Illyricum, and there, 
under the protection of the Koman emperors, 
devoted themselves to agricultural pursuits. 
The Micsogotha were converted to Christianity in its Arlan 
form by Bishop I'lnlas in the fourth century. See doth. 
minant Young's modulus. See modulus of elasliciti/, 
above. 
modus (mo'dus), n. [< L. modux, manner, mode : 
see mode 1 .'] 1. Manner; mode : same as mode 1 . 
We are not to hope that the modus of it should fall, or 
be comprehended, under human enquiry. 
Boom, Physical Fables, viii., Expl. 
The same evangelical power did Institute that calling, 
lor the modus of whose 
order. Jer. 
2. In 1,'om. and civil 
- ^ ,. . . 
IB election i it took such particular mo ffl e (mof'l), f. I.; pret. a 
r. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 164. JJJg* [p f '/ H/(f) 
ivil law, and early Eng. law, anything clumsily or ineffec 
tho manner or qualifying terms of a gift or dis- Uicell. [Prov. Eug.] 
position of property. ^The^lntroductton of writing as mofussil (mo-fus'il), . [Hind, 
' 
the instrument of gift or transfer enabled donors to vary 
the customary legal consequences by expressing an Intent 
as to the manner or mode in which the act should have 
effect ; and that part of the instrument which thus quail- 
tied what otherwise would have been the ordinary legal 
effect was termed the modus, and the same term was used 
to designate the legal qualification thus imposed. Hence, 
more specifically (o) The clause In a will or other gift 
(and the legal obligation create 1 thereby) by which the 
donor charged an obligation upon the legatee or donee, 
not as a condition the breach of which would create a for- 
feiture, but as a personal obligation, which the legatee 
would assume by accepting the gift. (&) Also, In early 
Eny. laic, the clause in a conveyance enlarging or restrict- 
ing the estate which otherwise would be granted by it, as 
for instance by giving to the donee and his heirs, or his 
heirs and assigns, or by giving to the donee and only a spe- 
cified class of heirs. Hence the old common-law maxims 
mi'iihitic.'] An irrespirable gas escaping from 
the earth ; a gas-spring. It is sometimes (although 
rarely) applied by writers in English to carbonic-acid gas 
escaping from the rocks in regions of nearly extinct vol- 
canism, and, by extension, to the openings from which this 
gas escapes. The mofettes are analogous to the sofAonl 
or " blow-holes," but betoken a still further advance of 
the region toward complete extinction of the volcanic 
forces. 
and pp. moffled, ppr. 
aCf. waffle.] To do 
u _ umslly or ineffectually; botch. Hal- 
miiftusal, the 
country as 'distinguished from the town, lit. 
separate, < Ar. fasala, separate, J'assala, cut, 
cut out, detail.] In India, the country stations 
and districts as distinguished from the residen- 
cies; or, in a district, the rural localities as dis- 
tinguished from a station or official residency ; 
the country as distinguished from towns. 
A whiff of freshness and fragrance from the ina/uwri 
will be as the mangoes and the dorians. 
J. W. Palmer, The New and the Old, p. 303. 
mogH, '' ' See mug". 
mog- (inog). . . ; pret. and pp. mugged, ppr. 
mogging. [Origin obscure.] To move away. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
Halliwell. 
modus etcontentiomncuntteuemwd modus leyem dot dona- Mogadore KUffl. Same as Barbary gum (which 
tioni, meaning specific qualification and express agreement i ,,,ini'2\ 
.. verrlde the law, or give the law to the transfer, (c) In ' '"^ ltl !'"'" / 
ecclet. laic, the exemption, or partial exemption, from the Mogdad COttee. oee coffee. 
payment of tithes, termed modus derimandi and tnodtunou moggan (mog'an), . [< Gael, and Ir. mogan.} 
dedmandi respectively. A footless stocldng. [Scotch.] 
One terrible circumstance of this hill is turning the tithe mogilalia (moj-i-la'li-a), n. [NL., < Gr. /uryM- 
ot flax and hemp into what the lawyers call a 7nodu or a ;, hardly speaking, '< ft6y,f, hardly, + JUiAm', 
certain sum in iTeu of a tenth part of the product. Swft. Jgr, prattle. 1 ) In pathol., stammering speech. 
A tithe of turf and a tithe of furzehad ibeeii lately Intro- Mograbian (mo-gra'bi-an), a. and n. [< Ar. 
duced, and certain moduse, or compositions, which had ~ '9,., ,> i , vr " !,/,, ir--_ir;,,> o- 
elsewhere been substituted for other tithes, were in this and Turk. Mljljhrab, Mograb (see Mograblll), + 
province IMunster] unknown. -/((.] Same as Mograotn. 
Leclcy, Eng. In 18th Cent, xvi. Mograbin (mo'gra-bin), o. and n. [Also Mtu/li- 
raoin, Mughrabin, MoTigrabin (f), Maugrabin ; 
< Ar. Turk. Moghrabi, ( Moghrab, Mograb (see 
Mohammedan 
itvof pliiyiiig-i-iiriU. Mogul engine. 
Tie Great Mogul, t-ii'l'li.- .,,,,,m..n iletlgnatlon among 
Kiifipeans of tue sovrrriun <>f the so-callcl Mogul em* 
IMI....I .ni|, n. ..f lic'lln .it ..in- in. n including m<Mt of 
Hindustan, established by llalier about 1546, ana brought 
!.! i.nii-li .rnir.,1 in the eighteenth and nineteenth 
<' MI uries, the last nominal emperor being depowd in 1867. 
Also called simply the Moyvl. 
King, poet, print, U* Mooul wa. to the good Mabom- 
inedan what a descendant of the House of JeMe would be 
to a nation of Jewa, W. It. Ruttetl, Diary In India, IL . 
Hence (6) Any great penonagc. 
II. a. Of or relating to tlio HogOJM, or the 
Mongol empire in India: as, the Mogul lan- 
guage ; the Mogul dynasty.- Mogul architecture, 
(he style of Mohammedan architecture evolved and car- 
ried out by the Mogul emperors In India, from the sixteenth 
to the nineteenth century. The period wu one of lavish 
expenditure In building, and innumerable mouuet, royal. 
tombs, and palaces testify to its artistic originality, to It* 
excellent use of both arched and columnar coiutructloa, 
S! 
Modus operand!, a plan or mode of working. Modus 
ponens, in lf>fifc, inference from a hypothetical proposi- 
tion ana the truth of the antecedent to the truth of the 
consequent: as, If I am bad, I deserve punishment; I am 
Ivul, hence I deserve punishment Modus tollens. in 
topic, the inference from a hypothetical proposition and the 
falsity of the consequent to the falsity of the antecedent : 
as, If I were to jump out of the window, I should break 
my neek ; now I won't break my neck, hence I sha'n't jump 
out of the window. Modus Vivendi, a manner or way 
of living ; a temporary arrangement pending a settlement 
of matters in debate, as between two nations. 
modwall (rnod'wal), . [Also mudicall, mid- 
def.). Cf. Mograbian.] I. a. Belating to Mog- 
rab, a region in northern Africa, regarded as 
nearly equivalent to the coast-region of Mo- 
rocco and Algeria. 
II. . An inhabitant of Mograb. 
My proper name is only known to my brethren. The 
men beyond our tents call me Hayraddin Maugrabin that 
is, Hayraddin the African Moor. 
Scott, Quentin Durward, xvt 
icall ; origin obscure.] The bee-eater, Merops Mogul (mo-gul'), H. and a. [= P. Sp. Pg. Mogol 
.' i rT 1 Tk !A' I- 1 T ' T-k ^ ^ Ji _t m t_ 
[Local, British.] 
modyif (ino'di), it. [< iiiodf 1 + -v 1 .] Fashion- 
able; modish. 
Mr. Longman, you make me too rich and too mady. 
litrhardtmi, 1'aincla, I. las. (Danes.) 
mody-t, An obsolete form of moody. 
= Ar. Moghnl = Pers. Moghol, Mughal = Turk. 
Mughal, < Hind. Mughal, < Mongolian Mongol, 
Mongol : see Mongol.'] I. . 1. A Mongol or Mon- 
golian; specifically, in hist., .one of the follow- 
ers of Baber, conqueror of Hindustan in the six- 
teenth century. 2. A name for the best qual- 
Mogul Architecture. The Taj Mahal. Agta, India. 
and of the dome, characteristically of bulbous form, and 
to the delicacy and good taste of Its decorators In caning 
and in inlaying with precious stones. The arches are usu- 
ally pointed, and as a rule resemble in outline the so-called 
Tudorarch. Minarets and especially small pavilions cov- 
ered with domical roofs, either surrounding a large dome 
or placed in great numbers at the angles or along the nar- 
apeU of the copings of palaces, are other characteristic 
features. 
Moguntine (mo-gun'tin), a. [< L. Mogvnlia, 
also Mogontiacum, Magontiacum, Magontiacvg, 
the ancient name of tie city now called in G. 
Mainz, sometimes Mentz, in F. Mayence.] Of 
or pertaining to Mainz, a city at the junction of 
the Rhine and the Main. 
moha (mo'ha), w. The grass tietaria Italica, or 
Italian millet. 
mohair (mo'har), w. and . [Formerly also 
mockaire ; < OF. mouhaire, monaire, tuohere, F. 
moire (> E. moire, Q. mohr, moire = Pr. moira 
= Sp. moare, muer, mue = Pg. morim = It. moer- 
i'o), mohair; cf. It. mocajardo, haircloth; prob. 
< Ar. mukhayiiar, a fabnc of goat's hair, a kind 
of camlet.] I. H. 1. The hair of the Angora 
goat, a native of Asia Minor. 2. A kind of fine 
camlet made of such hair, sometimes watered 
(see moire); also, an imitation of the real mo- 
hair made of wool and cotton, much used for 
women's dress. 
Cloth of Wool), Karsles, Miflniim, chainlets, and all 
sortes of Silke. Halcltiyfi Yoyauei, II. 273. 
she, . . . when she sees her friend In deep despair, 
Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair 1 
Pope, Moral Essays, IL 170. 
Mohair glace, .> French dress-goods made of cotton and 
goat's hair. 
H. a. Made of mohair: as, a mohair cloak. 
Mohair braid, worsted braid used for binding garments. 
Mohair luster, a black dress-goods of cotton and mo- 
hair. It has some resemblance to alpaca. 
mohair-shell (mo'har-shel), . Li conch., a cer- 
tain species of roluta, of a closely and finely 
reticulated texture, having a resemblance to 
mohair. 
Mohamedant, . and n. An obsolete form of 
Moh<ttn>ntd<tit. 
Mohammedan (mo-ham'e-dan), a. and n. [Also 
Moluiiiiiiiiidaii, Mithammadan (also Mahimiedan, 
Mahometan, q. v. ) (= D. Mohamtdaan = G. Jlo- 
hamedaner = Sw. Mohammedan, Muhanmlan 
= Dan. Mtiliinnedaner = Hind. Muhammadi), < 
Mohammed, < Ar. M<tli<i>iiiinul, a man's name, 
lit. 'praised,' < hamada, praise. From the Ar. 
Muhammad are also nit. K. Mulioinnl. .\fnliovn, 
maumet,m<imn-t. etc.] I. a. Pertaining to Mo- 
hammed, or Mahomet (about A. D. 570 to 632), 
the founder of the Moslem religion, and after 
his flight from Mecca (622) the creator of the 
realm which grew into the Saracenic empire; 
pertaining to the religious and social system 
rounded by Mohammed. Mohammedan calen- 
dar, era, etc. See the nouns. 
