Definitions for MITE
maɪtmite

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupconnoun

   a slight but appreciable amount

   "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

2. mitenoun

   any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mitenoun

   A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.

2. mitenoun

   A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to the lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.

3. mitenoun

   A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

4. mitenoun

   Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. Sometimes used adverbially.

5. Etymology: mite, from mite, from mītōn, from maitanan, from mei-. Akin to miza, mite, mide.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mitenoun

   Etymology: mite, French; mijt, Dutch; midas, Lat.

   1. A small insect found in cheese or corn; a weevil.

   Virginity breeds mites, much like a cheese, consumes itself to the very paring, and so dies with feeding its own stomach. William Shakespeare, All’s well that ends well.

   The polish’d glass, whose small convex
   Enlarges to ten millions of degrees,
   The mite invisible else, of nature’s hand
   Least animal. Philips.

   The idea of two is as distinct from the idea of three, as the magnitude of the whole earth is from that of a mite. John Locke.

   2. The twentieth part of a grain.

   The Seville piece of eight contains thirteen pennyweight twenty-one grains and fifteen mites, of which there are twenty in the grain, of sterling silver, and is in value forty-three English pence and eleven hundredths of a penny. Arbuthnot.

   3. Any thing proverbially small; the third part of a farthing.

   Though any man’s corn they do bite,
   They will not allow him a mite. Thomas Tusser, Husb.

   Are you defrauded, when he feeds the poor,
   Our mite decreases nothing of your store. Dryden.

   Did I e’er my mite with-hold
   From the impotent and old. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

   4. A small particle.

   Put blue-bottles into an ant-hill they will be stained with red, because the ants thrust in their stings, and instil into them a small mite of their stinging liquor, which hath the same effect as oil of vitriol. John Ray, on Creation.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mite

   Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering (MITE) is an engineering and management institution located in Mangalore, India, established by the Rajalaxmi Education Trust under the leadership of Rajesh Chouta in 2007. The institute is affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, and approved by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. MITE, established in 2007, today stands tall with 3000+ students, 180+ Faculty, offering 9 Undergraduate Programs in Engineering, 1 Post Graduate Program in Engineering, Masters of Computer Applications, Master of Business Administration (MBA) and 7 research programs. MITE is accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with A+ Grade, a CGPA Score of 3.44 out of 4.

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1. mite

   A mite is a tiny arachnid that belongs to the subclass Acari, which also includes ticks. These tiny creatures are typically less than 1mm in size and are common in most environments such as soil, forests, gardens, homes, and even in animals' fur or skin. Some species of mites are parasitic and cause diseases or allergies, while others are benign or beneficial for the environment by contributing to the decomposition process.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mitenoun

   a minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina

2. Mitenoun

   a small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ

3. Mitenoun

   a small weight; one twentieth of a grain

4. Mitenoun

   anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle

5. Etymology: [AS. mte mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. mite, D. mijt, G. miete, OHG. mza; cf. Goth. maitan to cut.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mite

   Mites, along with ticks, are small arthropods belonging to the subclass Acari and the class Arachnida. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mite

   mīt, n. an acaridan arachnid, esp. one of the smaller forms, as the cheese-mite, &c. [A.S. míte.]

2. Mite

   mīt, n. the minutest or smallest of coins, about one-fourth of a farthing: anything very small, even a person: a very little quantity. [Old Dut. mijt.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MITE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mite is ranked #144141 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Mite surname appeared 115 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mite.
   
   64.3% or 74 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   26% or 30 total occurrences were White.
   7.8% or 9 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Acarine
   • Small Indefinite Quantity

Anagrams for MITE »

1. emit

2. time

3. item

How to pronounce MITE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of MITE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of MITE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=MITE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mite
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=MITE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mite
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MITE
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=MITE
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=MITE
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html