mezzanine

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This edge profile for the mezzanine is quite intricate so placing a dimension constraint on the sketch is not a real good option.

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  1. noun A partial story between two main stories of a building.
  2. noun The lowest balcony in a theater or the first few rows of that balcony.

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  • Among them was the man she had seen on the mezzanine, the one who had been fascinated by the bald man and the lab technician. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 04-05 - October-November 1999
  • The giant was five steps from the edge of the mezzanine, his huge form silhouetted against the brighter plastic tarp of a wall. —  Dan Simmons - Hardcase
  • The guest rooms started on the third or fourth floor, but the ground floor and the mezzanine were filled with shops that carried the most fascinating things: clocks that glowed in the dark, pianos that played by themselves, clothes and jewels imported from exotic-sounding places like Constantinople and Hong Kong and Bombay. —  Asimov'sSF,January2008
  • There was a window on the west side of the mezzanine, and he opened it quietly, looked out, decided it was not too much of a drop to the ground. —  149 - King Joe Cay
  • Lunch Wednesday through Monday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shaka Jon's: 48 E. Flagler St., mezzanine, Miami; 305-371-4304. —  Miami New Times | Complete Issue
 

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  1. French, from Italian mezzanino, diminutive of mezzano, middle, from Latin mediānus, in the middle; see median.

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  1. from French mezzanine, from Italian mezzanino, from mezzo, middle: see mezzo.
 

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/ˈmɛzənɪn/
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