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Meco-Moore cutter loader

A heavy 120-hp (89.5-kW) cutter loader. The first Meco-Moore was used in a
Lancashire, England, colliery in 1934. See also:A
Nelson

medfordite

See:moss agate

median diameter

An expression of the average particle size of a sediment or rock, obtained
graphically by locating the diameter associated with the midpoint of the
particle-size distribution; the middlemost diameter that is larger than
50% of the diameters in the distribution and smaller than the other 50%.
AGI

medical lock

An air chamber comprising steel cylinder 18 ft (5.5 m) long and about 6 ft
(1.8 m) in diameter, which has airtight doors at one end and is closed at
the other. It is used for immediate treatment of sufferers from caisson
disease. Hammond

Medina emerald

Green glass emerald simulant.

mediosilicic

A term proposed by Clarke (1908) to replace intermediate. CF:subsilicic;
persilicic. See also:intermediate

Mediterranean suite

A major group of igneous rocks, characterized by high potassium content.
This suite was so named because of the predominance of potassium-rich
lavas around the Mediterranean Sea; specif. those of Vesuvius and
Stromboli. CF:Atlantic suite; Pacific suite. AGI

medium

Any suspension of medium solids in water. BS, 5

medium band

A field term that, in accordance with an arbitrary scale established for
use in describing banded coal, denotes a vitrain band ranging in thickness
from approx. 1/12 to 1/5 in (2 to 5 mm). AGI

medium draining screen

A screen for draining the separating medium from dense-medium bath
products. BS, 5

medium-grained

a. Said of an igneous rock, and of its texture, in which the individual
crystals have an average diameter in the range of 0.04 to 0.2 in (1 to 5
mm). AGI
b. Said of a sediment or sedimentary rock, and of its texture, in which
the individual particles have an average diameter in the range of 1/16 to
2 mm (62 to 2,000 mu m, or sand size). CF:coarse-grained; fine-grained.
AGI

medium-inclined

Said of deposits and coal seams with a dip of 25 degrees to 40 degrees .
Stoces

medium pressure

When applied to valves and fittings, means suitable for a working pressure
of 125 to 175 psi (860 to 1,200 kPa). Strock, 1

medium-recovery screen

A composite screen for draining and spraying the product from a
dense-medium bath to remove adherent medium solids. BS, 5

medium-round nose

A diamond bit the cross-sectional outline of which is partially rounded
but not as fully rounded as a double-round nose bit.
Syn:half-round nose; modified-round nose. Long

medium solids

The solid component of a dense-medium suspension. BS, 5

medium-solids preparation

Any purification or grinding of the raw dense-medium solids to make them
suitable for use. BS, 5

medium-solids recovery

See:dense-medium recovery

medium-solids recovery plant

The equipment used to remove adherent medium solids from a product from a
dense-medium bath (after drainage of surplus medium), usually by spraying,
and to remove contaminating coal and clay from these medium solids.
BS, 5

medium-stone bit

A bit with diamonds ranging from 8 to 40 per carat in size. Long

medium-thickness seam

In general, a coal seam over 2 ft (0.6 m) and up to 4 ft (1.2 m) in
thickness. Nelson