6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Meta- \Met"a-\, Met- \Met-\ [Gr. meta` between, with, after; akin to AS. mid with, G. mit, Goth. mi[thorn], 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics, metalanguage. [PJC] From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]: 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 (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: METAThe {assembly language} for the {CYBER 200}, developed at {CDC} ca 1977. [CDC Pub 60256020]. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-16) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: meta /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. [{Jargon File}] (1999-04-06) From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: 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 U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Meta, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri Population (2000): 249 Housing Units (2000): 130 Land area (2000): 0.335267 sq. miles (0.868338 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.335267 sq. miles (0.868338 sq. km) FIPS code: 47594 Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29 Location: 38.312471 N, 92.167999 W ZIP Codes (1990): 65058 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Meta, MO Meta
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