metasearch

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ search

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

metasearch (countable and uncountable, plural metasearches) (computing, Internet)

1. A search technology that uses the results from a number of traditional search engines.
   • 2008 June 28, Michelle Higgins, “Spate of Changes in Airline Industry Heightens the Need to Plan Ahead”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     You can also use a metasearch site like Kayak.com to get a snapshot of available flight alternatives.

2. An individual search operation of this kind.

Derived terms

• metastable isomer

Translations

search technology

• Finnish: metahaku, monihaku
• German: Metasuche f

Verb

metasearch (third-person singular simple present metasearches, present participle metasearching, simple past and past participle metasearched)

1. To perform a search of this kind.