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Mes-   Listen
prefix
Mes-, Meso-  pref.  
1.
A combining form denoting in the middle, intermediate.
2.
specif. (Chem.), Denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives. Also used adjectively.
3.
(Chem.) Optically inactive due to compensating optical activity at two or more asymmetric centers, often due to a plane of symmetry within the molecular structure; as, meso-tartaric acid.
4.
Attached to a carbon atom located between two hereoatoms in a heterocyclic ring.





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"Mes-" Quotes from Famous Books



... negotiation with Harriette, by which, on condition of her resigning the promise and pledging herself never to see the Marquis more on familiar terms, this disinterested woman was to receive eight hundred pounds per annum—so anxious was his grace to prevent a mes-alliance in his family. But, alas for Harriette! jealousy for once got the better of her love of gain; her pride was wounded to see a sister flirting with her affianced lord, and in a moment of irritation, she in a most unequivocal manner publicly asserted ...
— The English Spy • Bernard Blackmantle
... Quelles ombres m'apparurent tout coup? 11. De quoi s'agissait-il pour moi maintenant? 12. Que me proposa l'homme aux moustaches? 13. Qu'est-ce que j'appris en cheminant avec lui? 14. Comment nous sparmes-nous? 15. Quels furent les sentiments du petit Chose en se trouvant seul dans sa chambre d'htel? ...
— Le Petit Chose (part 1) - Histoire d'un Enfant • Alphonse Daudet
... for its own artistic value, which is slight enough, but for the link which it gives with one of the other great sister civilizations of the ancient world. This was the lower part of a small diorite statuette of Egyptian workmanship, with an inscription in hieroglyphic which reads: 'Ab-nub-mes-Sebek-user maat-kheru' (Ab-nub's child, Sebek-user, deceased). The name of the individual and the style of the statuette point to Sebek-user, whoever he may have been, having been an Egyptian of the latter days of the Middle Kingdom, probably about ...
— The Sea-Kings of Crete • James Baikie
... is, that. It ud be a bad thing to ha' th' pits stop workin' aw because I had na attended to 'em, an' gi'en th' mes-ters a bit o' encouragement. Tha sees mine's what th' gentlefolk ca' a responsible position i' society. Th' biggest trouble I ha', is settlin' i' my moind what th' world 'ill do when I turn up my toes to th' daisies, an' how the government'll mak' ...
— That Lass O' Lowrie's - 1877 • Frances Hodgson Burnett


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