metadictionary
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
meta- + dictionary
Noun[edit]
metadictionary (plural metadictionaries)
- An online dictionary portal that allows searches on multiple lexicographical databases at once.
- 2008, Peter Rob, Database Systems: Design, Implementation & Management, page 788:
- XML can also be used to create metadictionaries, or vocabularies, for databases. These metadictionaries can be used by applications that need to access other external data sources.