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maddening adj
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frustrating
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magenta n
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a dark purple-red; syn: fuchsia
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mainframe n
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large and powerful industrial computer
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to maintain v
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to preserve
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to make sb aware of sth v
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to inform sb of sth
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malicious adj
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evil, mean
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mannequin/ manikin n
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a standard dummy of a human body used to test safety or comfort of tools
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marvel n
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sth that causes feelings of wonder
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to matter v
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to be important or have an important effect on sb/sth
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MB n
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megabyte(s), coll. 'meg'; a unit of information equal to one million (2^20 = 1,048,576) bytes; syn: Mbyte, M-byte
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mean n
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the average value of a set of numbers
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merit n
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quality, fact, action, etc. that deserves praise or reward
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(surface) meshing n
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a method of representing an object by a surface mesh of node points connected by triangles or quadrilaterals for the purpose of testing the stress or temperature behaviour of the object, which is applied in CAD and finite element analysis
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MHz n
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megahertz, a million cycles/periods per second; cf. GHz
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midi n
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Musical Instrument Digital Interface, a standard protocol for the interchange of sound information between musical instruments, synthesizers and computers
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mileage n
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distance measured in miles, that can be driven for a certain quantity of fuel
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to mimic v
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to imitate, to copy
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mirror n
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a feature created by duplicating an initial feature, defined by symmetry
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mission-critical adj
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crucial or significant for an important job
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modelling (BE) / modeling (AE) n
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the act of designing sth or producing a model
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at most adv
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at maximum, at best
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to mould (BE) / mold (AE) v
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to pour a fluid substance in a mould to create or form a solid body
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mould (BE) / mold (AE) n
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a hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
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MPEG n
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Moving Pictures Experts Group, a family of standards for compressing video, pronounced 'em-peg
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MSP n
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managed service provider
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multiple adj
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many
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multiplexing n
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transmitting multiple signals over a single communications line
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to multiply v
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to combine by multiplication; 'multiply 9 by 8'; opposite: to divide
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mutual adj
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common to or shared by two or more parties
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