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Movie CameranounMWEa camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid successionverified
Movie IndustrynounMWEthe entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing moviesverified
Movie ProjectornounMWEprojects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving picturesverified
Moving CompanynounMWEa company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to anotherverified
Moving PicturenounMWEa form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementverified
Moving RidgenounMWEone of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)verified
moving target defensenounMWEThe concept of controlling change across multiple system dimensions in order to increase uncertainty and apparent complexity for attackers, reduce their window of opportunity, and increase the costs of their probing and attack efforts.verified
Moving-Coil GalvanometernounMWEa galvanometer that is operated by the force exerted by an electric current flowing in a movable coil suspended in a magnetic fieldverified
Moving-Picture ShownounMWEa form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementverified
Moxie PlumnounMWEslow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seedsverified
Mucocutaneous LeishmaniasisnounMWEa form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South Americaverified
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromenounMWEan acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and feververified
Mucous MembranenounMWEmucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exteriorverified
Mud DaubernounMWEwasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvaeverified
Mud PlantainnounMWEgrassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossomsverified
Mud PuppynounMWElarval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosingverified
Mud TurtlenounMWEbottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central Americaverified
Mug BooknounMWEa file of mug shots (pictures of criminals that are kept on file by the police)verified
Mugho PinenounMWElow shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of twoverified
Mugo PinenounMWElow shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of twoverified
Mulberry FignounMWEthick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the groundverified
Mulberry TreenounMWEany of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberryverified
Mule FatnounMWECalifornia shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deerverified
Mule's EarsnounMWEbalsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalksverified
Mullein PinknounMWEan old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowersverified
Multi-factor authenticationnounMWEAuthentication using two or more different factors to achieve authentication. Factors include something you know (e.g., PIN, password), something you have (e.g., cryptographic identification device, token), or something you are (e.g., biometric). See authenticator .verified
Multi-Hop ProblemnounMWEThe security risks resulting from a mobile software agent visiting several platforms.verified
Multidimensional LanguagenounMWEa programming language whose expressions are assembled in more than one dimensionverified
Multifocal IolnounMWEa type of lens implant that contains several rings with a common center and adjusts for near or far visionverified
Multifocal Lens ImplantnounMWEa type of lens implant that contains several rings with a common center and adjusts for near or far visionverified
Multilateral netting settlement systemnounMWEMultilateral netting is an arrangement among three or more parties to net their obligations. In these settlement systems transfers are irrevocable but are only final after the completion of end-of-day-settlement.verified
Multilevel DevicenounMWEEquipment trusted to properly maintain and separate data of different security domains.verified
Multilevel ModenounMWEMode of operation wherein all the following statements are satisfied concerning the users who have direct or indirect access to the system, its peripherals, remote terminals, or remote hosts: 1) some users do not have a valid security clearance for all the information processed in the information system; 2) all users have the proper security clearance and appropriate formal access approval for that information to which they have access; and 3) all users have a valid need-to-know only for information to which they have access.verified
Multilevel SecuritynounMWEConcept of processing information with different classifications and categories that simultaneously permits access by users with different security clearances and denies access to users who lack authorization.verified
Multimedia SystemnounMWEtransmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)verified
Multiple CorrelationnounMWEa statistical technique that predicts values of one variable on the basis of two or more other variablesverified
Multiple Correlation CoefficientnounMWEan estimate of the combined influence of two or more variables on the observed (dependent) variableverified
Multiple FruitnounMWEfruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberryverified