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mime


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mime  \Mime\,  n.  [L.  mimus,  Gr  ?,  akin  to  ?  to  imitate,  to 
  mimic:  cf  F.  mime.  Cf  {Mimosa}.] 
  1.  A  kind  of  drama  in  which  real  persons  and  events  were 
  generally  represented  in  a  ridiculous  manner. 
 
  2.  An  actor  in  such  representations. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mime  \Mime\,  v.  i. 
  To  mimic.  [Obs.]  --  {Mim"er},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mime 
  n  1:  an  actor  who  communicates  entirely  by  gesture  and  facial 
  expression  [syn:  {mimer},  {mummer},  {pantomimer},  {pantomimist}] 
  2:  a  performance  using  gestures  and  body  movements  without 
  words  [syn:  {pantomime},  {dumb  show}] 
  v  :  play  charades  [syn:  {pantomime}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  MIME 
 
  {Multipurpose  Internet  Mail  Extensions} 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  MIME 
  Multipurpose  Internet  Mail  Extensions  (RFC  2045/2046/2047/2048/2049,  IETF) 
 
 




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