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Maksoora [Architectural glossary]
Islamic architectural term given to the sanctuary or praying-chamber in a mosque, which was sometimes enclosed with a screen of lattice-work the word is occasionally used for a similar enclosure round a tomb.
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Mansard Roof [Architectural glossary]
Mansard Roof
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Metalanguage [Glossary of language teaching terms and ideas]
Language used to describe, analyse or explain another language. Metalanguage includes, for example, grammatical terms and the rules of syntax. The term is sometimes used to mean the language used in class to give instructions, explain things, etc. – in essence, to refer to all teacher talk that does not specifically include the “target language”.
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Milblog [Glossary of blogging terms]
Term for blogs written by members or veterans of any branch of service - Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines. A contraction of military and blog.
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Moblog [Glossary of blogging terms]
A portmanteau of "mobile" and "blog". A blog featuring posts sent mainly by mobile phone, using SMS or MMS messages. They are often photoblogs.
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Model/modelling [Glossary of language teaching terms and ideas]
To teach by example; for example, a teacher who wants students to do an activity may first demonstrate the activity, often with a student volunteer.
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Modillion [Architectural glossary]
Enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice and above the bedmold of the Corinthian entablature. It is probably so called because of its arrangement in regulated distances.
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Momosphere [Glossary of blogging terms]
Term to encompass blogs written by mothers. A portmanteau of "mom" and "blogosphere".
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Monotriglyph [Architectural glossary]
Interval of the intercolumniation of the Doric column, which is observed by the intervention of one triglyph only between the triglyphs which come over the axes of the columns. This is the usual arrangement, but in the Propylaea at Athens there are two triglyphs over the central intercolumniation, in order to give increased width to the roadway, up which chariots and beasts of sacrifice ascended.
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Motivation [Glossary of language teaching terms and ideas]
In language instruction, the desire to learn. See “TEFL vs. TESL”.
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