Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A skirt or coat of mid-calf length.
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- adjective Having a
hemline atmid -calf length . - noun A
coat orskirt having such a hemline.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the southern part of France
- noun a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers
- adjective used of women's clothing having a hemline at mid-calf
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His midi is crazy-chic, austere, graceful and non-flashy.
What I bought this week: witty tights Polly Vernon 2010
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Google should have streamed Walter/Wendy Carlos '"The Shining" in midi format and dropped the background to black.
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He is often confused or inaccurate about the details of science fiction televisions shows and films he mentions – he seems unaware that the new Battlestar Galactica is neither a continuation nor a remake of the earlier series from the late 70s (p.168), and he calls the midi-chlorians from Star Wars “midi-chlorines” (p.184).
Archive 2008-07-01 James F. McGrath 2008
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He is often confused or inaccurate about the details of science fiction televisions shows and films he mentions – he seems unaware that the new Battlestar Galactica is neither a continuation nor a remake of the earlier series from the late 70s (p.168), and he calls the midi-chlorians from Star Wars “midi-chlorines” (p.184).
Review of James A. Herrick, Scientific Mythologies James F. McGrath 2008
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This case is really no different, as we've got an J-Pop that intro which has a breed of synth that really recalls midi-themes from the days of the SNES, followed by an outro that covers … Frank Sinatra?!
Anime Nano! 2010
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I'd like to have autohotkey copy the certain cells and paste them into another program I use, called midi-ox,
AutoHotkey Community 2009
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Adding controls to your oscillator patch, such as midi data inputs and a master gain
AvaxHome RSS: Lacostes 2010
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The length of lens covering is slightly shorter making it more ideal for those users with 'midi' zooms (eg a 70-300 type).
ePHOTOzine News Feed 2008
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Try to explain the significance of this remark to people outside the beltway and their eyes would glaze over like you were elaborating on the relationship between midi-chlorians and force sensitivity to a first date.
Palin says nothing in particular about Egypt, still gets headlines Adam Serwer 2011
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When I use midi performances I have to use all sorts of parameter controls just to get it even close to what a live group sounds like when they play, or just even a live soloist play.
Archive 2009-01-01 Ben Abraham 2009
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