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| 5 results for meta- | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Meta- \Met"a-\, Met- \Met-\ [Gr. [?] between, with, after; akin to AS. mid with, G. mit, Goth. mi[ed], E. mid, in midwife.] 1. A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely. 2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting: (a) Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde. (b) (Organic Chem.) That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See {Ortho-}, and {Para-}. (c) (Inorganic Chem.) Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; -- said of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Meta, MO (city, FIPS 47594) Location: 38.31240 N, 92.16657 W Population (1990): 249 (123 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65058 | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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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}}. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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meta 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. [{Jargon File}] (1999-04-06) | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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META developed at {CDC} ca 1977. [CDC Pub 60256020]. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-16) | |
