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| 1. | a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, with the meanings “after,” “along with,” “beyond,” “among,” “behind,” and productive in English on the Greek model: metacarpus; metagenesis; metalinguistics. |
| 2. | Chemistry.
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Also, especially before a vowel, met-.
Origin:
< Gk, prefix and prep.; c. OE mid with, G mit, Goth mith
< Gk, prefix and prep.; c. OE mid with, G mit, Goth mith

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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| Main Entry: | meta |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | self-referential; referring to itself or its characteristics, esp. as a parody; about |
| Example: | That book is so meta. |
| Etymology: | meta 'beyond' |
| Main Entry: | meta |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | something with refers to itself, esp. in self-parodying manner |
| Example: | A movie-within-a-movie is an example of meta. |
| Etymology: | meta 'beyond' |
Language Translation for : Meta
Spanish:
objetivo, meta,
German:
das Ziel,
Japanese:
目的
meta
/me't*/ or /may't*/ or (Commonwealth) /mee't*/ adj.,pref. [from analytic philosophy] One level of description up. A metasyntactic variable is a variable in notation used to describe syntax, and meta-language is language used to describe language. This is difficult to explain briefly, but much hacker humor turns on deliberate confusion between meta-levels. See hacker humor.
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Main Entry: meta
Pronunciation: 'met-&
Function: adjective
: relating to, characterized by, or being two positions in the benzene ring that are separatedby one carbon atom
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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META language
The assembly language for the CYBER 200, developed at CDC ca 1977.
[CDC Pub 60256020].
[The Jargon File]
(1994-11-16)
meta philosophy
/me't*/ or /may't*/ or (Commonwealth) /mee't*/ A prefix meaning one level of description higher. If X is some concept then meta-X is data about, or processes operating on, X.
For example, a metasyntax is syntax for specifying syntax, metalanguage is a language used to discuss language, meta-data is data about data, and meta-reasoning is reasoning about reasoning.
This is difficult to explain briefly, but much hacker humour turns on deliberate confusion between meta-levels.
[The Jargon File]
(1999-04-06)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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