Meta definition
Metalinguistics, metacriticism.
Metapneumonic.
Metathesis, metasomatism.
Metafiction.
Meta-analysis.
Metazoan.
Metagenesis.
Metaprotein.
Meta-dibromobenzene.
Metaphosphoric acid.
Metasomatic.
Metestrus.
Metanephros.
Metaldehyde.
Meta-aminobenzoic acid.
An example of meta used as an adjective are meta tags which are HTML tags that are hidden on a website screen but give search engines the title and description of the web screen.
Metachromatism.
Metaprotein.
Metanephros.
Metope.
Metacarpus.
Origin of meta
- < Gr meta, along with, after, between, among < IE *meta < base *me-, between > mid
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
- Greek from meta beside, after me-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From meta– (as in metalanguage)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From meta-
From Wiktionary