META
Noun
META
An HTML element for webpage metadata, coded as meta or META.
Anagrams
• AEMT, ATEM, Atem, Tame, Team, Tema, mate, maté, meat, tame, team
Etymology
Named after Meta Schreifer, the sister of a railroad official.
Proper noun
Meta
A city in Missouri.
Anagrams
• AEMT, ATEM, Atem, Tame, Team, Tema, mate, maté, meat, tame, team
Etymology 1
Adjective
meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)
(informal) Self-referential; structured analogously, but at a higher level.
Etymology 2
Noun
meta (plural metas)
Boundary marker.
(historical) Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.
Etymology 3
Noun
meta (plural metas)
(video games) Metagame; the most effective tactics and strategies used in a competitive video game.
Adjective
meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)
(video games) Prominent in the metagame; effective and frequently used in competitive gameplay.
Etymology 4
Noun
meta (plural metas)
(informal) Metoidioplasty.
Anagrams
• AEMT, ATEM, Atem, Tame, Team, Tema, mate, maté, meat, tame, team
Source: Wiktionary
Met"a-, Met-. Etym: [Gr. mid with, G. mit, Goth. miÞ, 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.
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. at a level above, as metaphysics, metalanguage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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