Metasyntax

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  metasyntax
       
           {Syntax} used to describe {syntax}.  The best known
          example is {BNF} and its variants such as {EBNF}.
       
          A {metasyntactic variable} is a {variable} used in


          {metasyntax}.
       
          (1999-04-06)