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myria-|ˈmɪrɪə|
rarely myrio-, before a vowel myri-, used as combining form of Gr. µῡριάς myriad (or µῡρίος countless, µῡρίοι 10,000).
1. With the meaning ‘ten thousand’, in names of weights and measures of the metric system: ˈmyriagram(me, ˈmyrialitre, ˈmyriametre, ˈmyriare = 10,000 grammes, litres, metres, ares.
1804Ann. Reg. 612 A bridge..will shorten the route from Paris to Cherbourg by some myriameters. 1810Naval Chron. XXIV. 301 Myriagram = 20 lb. 7 oz. 58 gr. Ibid., Myriar, square killometer. 1811P. Kelly Univ. Cambist I. 154 The words Decagramme, Hectogramme, Kilogramme, and Myriagramme, express 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 Grammmes. Ibid. II. 268 Myriometre... Myriolitre... Myriogramme. 1871C. Davis Metric Syst. i. 11 The myriametre, equal to nearly 6 and one-fourth miles.
2. With the meaning ‘very numerous’: myriaˈcanthous a. [Gr. ἄκανθος thorn], having very many spines; myriˈamerous a. [Gr. µέρος part], having very many segments; myriˈanthous a. [Gr. ἄνθος flower], bearing very many flowers.
1856Mayne Expos. Lex., Myriacanthus,..that which has numerous spines, as the Bouria myriacantha,..myriacanthous. Ibid., Myriamerus... Applied by Blainville to the Chetopoda, which have many segments, rings, or articulations,..myriamerous. Ibid., Myrianthus... Having very numerous flowers, as the Hypericum myrianthum: myrianthous. 1882Ogilvie, Myriacanthous,..myriad-spined; specifically, of or belonging to the genus Myriacanthus. |