meta-
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek μετά (meta).
[edit] Prefix
meta- (met- before a vowel and before <h> in words originating in Ancient Greek)
- transcending, encompassing
- Pertaining to a level above or beyond. For example, metadata is data that describes data.
- Having analogies with metaphysics
- (pathology) Consequent on
- (anatomy and zoology) Behind
- (botany and zoology) Later or subsequent
- (geology) Analogies and derivatives of metamorphism
- (chemistry) Having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent
- (chemistry) in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate positions (compare ortho- and para-)
