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  • 31mealy-mouthed — afraid to say what one really thinks, 1570s; first element perhaps from O.E. milisc sweet, from P.Gmc. *meduz honey (see MEAD (Cf. mead) (n.1)), which suits the sense, but if the Old English word did not survive long enough to be the source of… …

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  • 32mealy-mouthed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ reluctant to speak frankly. ORIGIN perhaps from German Mehl im Maule behalten carry meal in the mouth (i.e. be unstraightforward in speech), or related to Latin mel honey …

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  • 33mealy-mouthed — [mēl′ēmouthd′, mēl′ēmoutht′] adj. not outspoken or blunt; not willing to state the facts in simple, direct words; euphemistic and insincere …

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  • 34mealy-mouthedness — mealy mouthˈedness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑meal …

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  • 35mealy-dew — obs. form of mildew …

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  • 36Mealy machine — In the theory of computation, a Mealy machine is a finite state machine whose output values are determined both by its current state and the current inputs. The outputs change asynchronously with respect to the clock, meaning that the outputs… …

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  • 37Mealy Automat — Ein Mealy Automat ist ein endlicher Automat, dessen Ausgabe (im Gegensatz zu einem Moore Automat) von seinem Zustand und seiner Eingabe abhängt. Anschaulich bedeutet das, dass jeder Kante im Zustandsdiagramm ein Ausgabewert zugeordnet wird. Der… …

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  • 38Mealy-Automat — Ein Mealy Automat ist ein endlicher Automat, dessen Ausgabe (im Gegensatz zu einem Moore Automaten) von seinem Zustand und seiner Eingabe abhängt. Anschaulich bedeutet das, dass jeder Kante im Zustandsdiagramm ein Ausgabewert zugeordnet wird. Der …

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  • 39mealy bug — mealybug meal y*bug , mealy bug mealy bug (m[=e]l [y^]*b[u^]g ), n. (Zo[ o]l.), Any of several homopteran scale insects (as, {Coccus adonidum}, and related species of the families {Pseudococcidae} and {Eriococcidae}), that cover themselves with a …

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  • 40mealy-mouthed — [[t]mi͟ːlima͟ʊðd[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is being mealy mouthed, you are critical of them for being unwilling to speak in a simple or open way because they want to avoid talking directly about something unpleasant.… …

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