MILIEU
Mi`lieu", n. [F., fr. mi middle (L. medius) + lieu place. See Demi-,
Lieu.]
Defn: Environment.
The intellectual and moral milieu created by multitudes of self- centered, cultivated personalities. J. A. Symonds.
It is one of the great outstanding facts of his progressive relation to the elements of his social milieu. J. M. Baldwin.
MILIOLA Mil"i*o`la, n. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. milium millet. So named from its resemblance to millet seed.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers.
MILIOLITE
Mil"i*o*lite, n. (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus Miliola.
MILIOLITE
Mil"i*o*lite, a.
Defn: The same Milliolitic. Miliolite limestone (Geol.), a building stone, one of the group of the Paris basin, almost entirely made up of many-chambered microscopic shells.