What does mite mean?
Definitions for mite
maɪtmite
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Princeton's WordNet
touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupconnoun
a slight but appreciable amount
"this dish could use a touch of garlic"
mitenoun
any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
Wiktionary
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.
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.
mitenoun
A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
mitenoun
Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. Sometimes used adverbially.
Etymology: mite, from mite, from mītōn, from maitanan, from mei-. Akin to miza, mite, mide.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mitenoun
Etymology: mite, French; mijt, Dutch; midas, Lat.
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.
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.
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.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.
Wikipedia
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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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 Dictionary
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
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
Mitenoun
a small weight; one twentieth of a grain
Mitenoun
anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle
Etymology: [AS. mte mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. mite, D. mijt, G. miete, OHG. mza; cf. Goth. maitan to cut.]
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
Mite
mīt, n. an acaridan arachnid, esp. one of the smaller forms, as the cheese-mite, &c. [A.S. míte.]
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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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.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mite in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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- العثهArabic
- àcarCatalan, Valencian
- roztočCzech
- mideDanish
- MilbeGerman
- ácaroSpanish
- هیرهPersian
- punkkiFinnish
- acarienFrench
- ácaroGalician
- קרדיתHebrew
- atka, kukacHungarian
- acaroItalian
- 壁蝨Japanese
- acarusLatin
- erkėLithuanian
- ērceLatvian
- mijtDutch
- midd, mitNorwegian
- yaaʼNavajo, Navaho
- roztocz, roztoczePolish
- ácaroPortuguese
- acarianRomanian
- клещRussian
- grȉnjaSerbo-Croatian
- kvalsterSwedish
- кліщUkrainian
- چھوٹا سککاUrdu
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