| 1. | mechanical translation. |
| 2. | megaton; megatons. |
| 3. | Montana (approved esp. for use with zip code). |
| 4. | Mountain time. |
| meitnerium. |
| 1. | metric ton. |
| 2. | Also, m.t. Mountain time. |
Mat·thew  (māth'yōō)  n. Abbr. Matt. or Mt See Table at Bible. [Late Latin Matthaeus, from Greek Matthaios, from Hebrew Mattayyāh, gift of Yahweh : mattān, gift (from nātan, to give; see ntn in Semitic roots) + yāh, Yahweh; see hwy in Semitic roots.] |
| meg·a·ton (měg'ə-tŭn') n. Abbr. MT A unit of explosive force equal to that of one million metric tons of TNT. meg'a·ton'nage (-tŭn'ĭj) n. |
| meit·ner·i·um (mīt-nûr'ē-əm) n. Symbol Mt An artificially produced radioactive element with atomic number 109 that has known isotopes with mass numbers ranging from 265 to 279. The isotope with the longest confirmed half-life (0.7 seconds) is Mt 268. Also called unnilennium. See Table at element. [After Lise Meitner.] |
| Mon·tan·a (mŏn-tān'ə) A state of the northwest United States bordering on Canada. It was admitted as the 41st state in 1889. Most of the area passed to the United States through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and was explored by Lewis and Clark in 1805 and 1806. Split for many years among other western territories, the region was organized as the Montana Territory in 1864. Helena is the capital and Billings the largest city. Population: 958,000. Mon·tan'an adj. & n. |
| Mt 1 The symbol for the element meitnerium. |
| Mt 2 abbr. Bible Matthew |
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The country code for Malta.
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an artificially produced element belonging to the transuranium group, atomic number 109. It is predicted to have chemical properties resembling those of iridium.
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