META

Noun

META

An HTML element for webpage metadata, coded as meta or META.

Anagrams

• AEMT, ATEM, Atem, Tame, Team, Tema, mate, matĂ©, 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, matĂ©, 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, matĂ©, meat, tame, team

Source: Wiktionary


Met"a-, Met-. Etym: [Gr. mid with, G. mit, Goth. miĂž, 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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Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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