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Definition of Meta-
Met´a- | 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.) Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde. | | 3. | A prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics, metalanguage. |
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