~ METEOR  from gr METEORA = CELESTIAL PHENOMENA
                  METEORS   "IN THE AIR"
~ METEORISM  med> ABDOMINAL "AIR" or 
                  DISTENTION WITH GAS or
                  FLATULENCE ... deleted
                  FLATUS = NOISY EXPULSION OF GAS 
                  sp VIENTRE = ABDOMEN
                     VIENTO    WIND
                ... deleted ...
~ METEOROLOGY   a word that evolved into a 
                reduced scope of implications now mainly 
                sc> STUDY OF THE ATMOSPHERE or WEATHER
~ METEOROMANCY  gr MANTEIA = DIVINATION
                ... deleted ...
~ METER         lat METRUM      = MEASURE      see> CHRONOS  TIME
                    METRIS        MEASURE
                ukr MIRA          same
                sp  METRO         METER
                sp  METER         TO PUT IN  STUFF  INSERT  INCLOSE
                    METRALLA      GRAPESHOT
                   AMETRALLADORA  MACHINE GUN
     myth> note how the name of METIS     
           reflects the properties of
     METRIS or MEASURED
     METIS "THE CUNNING" was an early and
     critical spouse of ZEUS who CONCEIVED
     THE WISE ATHENA who stood for ... deleted ...
     gr METRON = MEASURE           see> META
     sp METER    TO THROW  INSERT  see> METAMORHOSIS
     sug> METRO  METROPOLITAN  
     see> MATTER  see> MATRIX  see> MATERNAL
     sc> in the METRIC SYSTEM A METER is 39.37 INCHES
         DERIVED FROM A MEASURE OF THE EARTH or
     1/10000000 OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
     THE EQUATOR TO THE POLE
     hx> ONE OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF NAPOLEON WAS TO IMPOSE
     A SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM OF MEASURES THAT IS NOW THE
     SOLE SYSTEM USED IN SCIENCE BUT IT IS
     RESISTED IN ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES  sug> ANGLOPHONE
     ... deleted
~ ~METER suffix or ending in words including 
         those dealing with DECIMAL MEASURES as in
                MILLIMETER  CENTIMETER  etc
~ METIC         lat METUS = FEAR ANXIETY
~ METICULOUS    "MEASURED"
                id+ | FEAR OF BEING WRONG |
                id+ | A DRIVE TO BE PRECISE |
  it also implies STRONG INCLINATION FOR MEASURING
  lat METUCULOS   FEARFUL or            sug> RANK
      METIRI      MEASURE               sug> METE METER
  sp  MEDIR       MEASURE               sug> HEXAMETER
      MEDIDA      idem                  sug> SCALE
      MEDICO      PHYSICIAN  MEDIC      sug> HIERARCHY
      META        MARKER FOR MEASURING A CRITICAL MOMENT
  consider META  METIS  <see next above and below