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Prefix in English derived from Greek
comprehensive' or 'transcending'. In modern nomenclature, the prefix meta can also serve as a prefix meaning self-referential, as a field of study or endeavor
Meta_(prefix)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up meta, meta-, Meta, or META in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Meta most commonly refers to: Meta (prefix), a common affix and word in English
Meta
Aspect of metacognition
from the meta prefix's modern meaning of an abstract recursion, or "X about X", similar to its use in metaknowledge, metamemory, and meta-emotion. Marcial
Meta-learning
Humor that alludes to itself
self-reference In-joke Intertextuality Irony Meta (prefix) – Prefix in English derived from Greek Meta-reference – Type of self reference Recursion –
Self-referential_humor
Affix which is placed before the stem of a word
A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem and before the suffix of a word. Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a
Prefix
Discussion of discussion
of many terms based on the inferred meaning of the "meta-" prefix. The etymology for the prefix dates back to use of Metaphysics as the title of the
Meta-discussion
Systematic naming prefix in chemistry
In chemistry, meta is a prefix, used for systematic names in IUPAC nomenclature. It has several meanings. In organic chemistry, meta indicates the positions
Meta_(chemistry)
Movement that emerged from and reacts to postmodernism
The prefix "meta-" referred not so much to a reflective stance or repeated rumination, but to Plato's metaxy, which denotes a movement between (meta) opposite
Metamodernism
Position of molecules attached to benzene rings
prefix to a 1,4-isomer and the meta prefix to a 1,2-isomer. It was the German chemist Karl Gräbe who, in 1869, first used the prefixes ortho-, meta-
Arene_substitution_pattern
Type of self reference
in metafiction Meta- – Prefix in English derived from Greek Metacomic – Type of comic Meta-discussion – Discussion of discussion Meta-joke – Humor that
Meta-reference
1979 book by Douglas Hofstadter
homomorphism John Lucas (philosopher) – British philosopher (1929–2020) Meta – Prefix in English derived from Greek Mind–body problem – Open question in philosophy
Gödel,_Escher,_Bach
Modifier key on workstation keyboards of the 1970s/80s
Knight keyboard), or using the Esc key as a prefix (e.g., in Emacs). Because of these workarounds, the need for Meta – despite being the most-used additional
Meta_key
Application of cybernetics to itself
modification of goals or decision-making rules in the light of experience Meta (prefix) – Prefix in English derived from Greek System of systems – Collection of
Second-order_cybernetics
English affixes added before a word
(consisting of prefix un- and root do) untouchable (consisting of prefix un-, root touch, and suffix -able) non-childproof (consisting of prefix non-, root
English_prefix
Approach transcending a game's prescribed rules
the story. The word metagame is composed of the Greek-derived prefix meta– (from μετά, meta, meaning "after") and the noun game. Metagame was used in the
Metagame
Human with superpowers in DC Universe
native of the planet Earth with "fictional superhuman abilities". The prefix "meta-" simply means "beyond", denoting powers and abilities beyond human limits
Metahuman
several prefixes in the Hebrew language which are appended to regular words to introduce a new meaning. In Hebrew, the letters that form those prefixes are
Prefixes_in_Hebrew
Format for expressing RDF statements in HTML documents
Lite consists of five attributes: vocab, typeof, property, resource, and prefix. RDFa 1.1 Lite is upwards compatible with RDFa 1.1. In 2009 the W3C was
RDFa
Family of text editors
supplied via command prefixes, such as Control+u 7 f, or more compactly Meta+7 f, which expands to (self-insert-command 7 ?f). When no prefix is supplied, the
Emacs
Investigation of the nature of philosophy
— Paul K. Moser, Metaphilosophy, p. 562 Some other philosophers treat the prefix meta as simply meaning 'about...', rather than as referring to a metatheoretical
Metaphilosophy
Keyword assigned to information
users find content. In the early days of the World Wide Web, the keywords meta element was used by web designers to tell web search engines what the web
Tag_(metadata)
Nationally, all calls between subscribers are dialed as ten digits, with no prefix. Prior to September 2021, Colombia had fixed line subscriber numbers that
Telephone_numbers_in_Colombia
Aspects of a play that draw attention to its nature as a play
"metatheatre" and "metadrama" combine theatre or drama with the Greek prefix "meta—", which implies "a level beyond" the subject that it qualifies. Metatheatricality
Metatheatre
This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in
List of medical roots and affixes
List_of_medical_roots_and_affixes
Type of machine learning model
26 September 2025. "Meta fends off authors' U.S. copyright lawsuit over AI". Reuters. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025. "Meta Scores Victory in AI
Large_language_model
Identifier for file formats
use of tree prefixes. Currently, the following trees are created: standard (no prefix), vendor (vnd. prefix), personal or vanity (prs. prefix), unregistered
Media_type
System for naming organic chemical compounds
may be less clear than structural formulas. In chemistry, a number of prefixes, suffixes and infixes are used to describe the type and position of the
IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry
IUPAC_nomenclature_of_organic_chemistry
Group of chemical compounds: aryl amines
o-toluidine, m-toluidine, and p-toluidine, with the prefixed letter abbreviating, respectively, ortho; meta; and para. All three are aryl amines whose chemical
Toluidine
Method of describing higher-order polyhedra
used to describe polyhedra based on a seed polyhedron modified by various prefix operations. Conway and Hart extended the idea of using operators, like truncation
Conway_polyhedron_notation
Keyboard used on MIT Lisp machines, influential to Emacs
difficult to operate. Emacs uses "M-" as the prefix for ⎇ Alt when describing key presses: the "M-" stands for Meta on the space-cadet keyboard, and when Emacs
Space-cadet_keyboard
State in which earnest and ironic intents become muddled
that we are more ironic than we used to be, and therefore need to add a prefix suggesting even greater ironic distance than irony on its own can supply
Post-irony
Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia
namespaces have a prefix before their page title and fulfill various purposes. For example, the project namespace uses the Wikipedia prefix and is used for
Wikipedia
Character that has a special meaning to a computer program
C". The usual way to escape a character in a regex and elsewhere is by prefixing it with a backslash ("\"). Other environments may employ different methods
Metacharacter
Conceptual framework and methodology
word 'meta' originally meant 'beyond' or 'after' and is now sometimes used to imply a comprehensive, insightful self-awareness. Employed as a prefix, it
Metadesign
Pejorative use of "Zionist" or variants
groups based in the US—had been lobbying Meta to restrict usage of Zionist on its platforms, though the Meta spokesperson said the policy change was not
Zionist_as_a_pejorative
Hemoglobin with ferric iron unable to carry oxygen
saturation. The word methemoglobin derives from the Ancient Greek prefix μετα- (meta-: behind, later, subsequent) and the word hemoglobin. The name hemoglobin
Methemoglobin
Computer operating system
the release number prefixed by "4D1-", such as "4D1-2.2". The "4D1-" prefix continued to be used in official documentation to prefix IRIX release numbers
IRIX
Systematic rules for naming chemical compounds and chemistry concepts
systematic chemical name follows a few straightforward rules. Prefixes such as sec, tert, ortho, meta, para, α, β, D, L, (+), (−), (R), (S), or locants are not
IUPAC nomenclature of chemistry
IUPAC_nomenclature_of_chemistry
by a web application. In the past, non-standard header field names were prefixed with X- but this convention was deprecated in June 2012 because of the
List_of_HTTP_header_fields
Latin prepositions and other words Word Meaning Prefixes Ref. ā, ab away from ab-, a-, abs-, as- ad to, toward ad-, a-, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, ap-, ar-, at-
List of Latin words with English derivatives
List_of_Latin_words_with_English_derivatives
Cataloging of people with a net worth of $100 billion or more
A centibillionaire (prefix: centi- from Latin centum 'hundred' and billionaire) is an individual whose net worth is at least 100 billion units of a given
List_of_centibillionaires
Topics referred to by the same term
Extraordinary (disambiguation) Supra (disambiguation) Hyper (disambiguation) Meta (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
Super
Metatheorem in mathematical logic
step where one removes the most recent hypothesis (still available) and prefixes it to the previous step. This is shown by unindenting one level as follows:
Deduction_theorem
Organization promoting tourism to increase number of visitors
Destination Management Companies adopted the term "visit" and added it as a prefix to their city or country name. The phenomenon started in America in 1995
Destination marketing organization
Destination_marketing_organization
reads it and acts on it, it is a computational instruction, and the prefix "meta" has little significance. In Java, the Java class file format contains
Comparison of executable file formats
Comparison_of_executable_file_formats
Essential nutrient
are named with an er- or ergo- prefix to differentiate them from the D3-based counterparts (sometimes with a chole- prefix). Metabolites produced from vitamin D2
Vitamin_D
Smartphone electronics product line
models were later given a Snapdragon product name. Earlier models are prefixed by an acronymic three-letter code; their full forms are as follows: QSC
List of Qualcomm Snapdragon systems on chips
List_of_Qualcomm_Snapdragon_systems_on_chips
Programming language that uses first order logic
execution strategy makes it possible to write a concise meta-circular evaluator (also called meta-interpreter) for pure Prolog code: solve(true). solve((Subgoal1
Prolog
Computer programming identifier naming convention
original suggested prefixes. Most, but not all, of the prefixes Simonyi suggested are semantic in nature. To modern eyes, some prefixes seem to represent
Hungarian_notation
Structuring text as input to generative artificial intelligence
Training models to perform in-context learning can be viewed as a form of meta-learning, or "learning to learn". Research consistently demonstrates that
Prompt_engineering
Program that generates parsers or compilers
usually completes the full metacompiler package. In computer science, the prefix meta is commonly used to mean about (its own category). For example, metadata
Compiler-compiler
Metamorphic rock from a volcanic precursor
metamorphism is slight), the rock is more precisely named by appylying the prefix meta- to the original rock type. For example, a weakly metamorphosed basalt
Metavolcanic_rock
Deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions
psychological phenomenon. The word is formed by combining the alpha privative prefix ἀ- (a-, meaning 'not') with λέξις (léxis, referring to 'words') and θῡμός
Alexithymia
Unique identification of incremental software updates
Patch), an optional prerelease tag (e.g. alpha, beta), and an optional build meta tag. A fourth number may also be used to denote the software build, as was
Software_versioning
2009 studio album by Psychic Ills
some of those that followed it, certain tracks like “Fingernail Tea” and “Meta” are regarded as significantly important to their career by Spotify, shown
Mirror_Eye
Basic programming language construct
syntactically from user-defined functions. In most languages, a function is prefix notation with fixed precedence level and associativity and often with compulsory
Operator (computer programming)
Operator_(computer_programming)
Biological kingdom
The term metazoa is derived from Ancient Greek μετα meta 'after' (in biology, the prefix meta- stands for 'later') and ζῷᾰ zōia 'animals', plural of
Animal
Style sheet language
language by a hash prefix e.g. #id class: an identifier that can annotate multiple elements in a document, denoted by a dot prefix e.g. .classname (the
CSS
Inability to comprehend or formulate language
Sussex: Psychology Press). Aphasia is from Greek a- ("without", negative prefix) + phásis (φάσις, "speech"). The word aphasia comes from the word ἀφασία
Aphasia
Sequence of characters, data type
t} . Suffixes and prefixes are substrings of t {\displaystyle t} . Both the relations "is a prefix of" and "is a suffix of" are prefix orders. The reverse
String_(computer_science)
Natural sweetener
1007/s00253-020-10708-7. PMID 32638045. ALHumaid J, Bamashmous M (2022). "Meta-analysis on the Effectiveness of Xylitol in Caries Prevention". Journal of
Xylitol
Lossy and lossless image format
coding is LZ77-enabled and can use either asymmetric numeral systems or prefix codes (useful for low-complexity encoders, or reducing the overhead of short
JPEG_XL
Metadata tag prefixed with #
Channels or topics that are available across an entire IRC network are prefixed with a hash symbol # (as opposed to those local to a server, which uses
Hashtag
3-volume treatise on mathematics, 1910–1913
statements: brief discussion of the primitive ideas "∾ p" and "p ∨ q" and "⊦" prefixed to a proposition. Primitive propositions: the axioms or postulates. This
Principia_Mathematica
dependence, we have to replace higher with its opposite. To save the prefix "meta-" for a more appropriate use, I want to proppose, provisionally and for
Hypodiegetic_narrative
Psychotic disorder
paranoid delusions relative to control conditions according to a meta-analysis. A meta-analysis of 43 studies reported that metacognitive training (MCT)
Paranoia
JavaScript bindings for OpenGL in web browsers
open source GLSL to HLSL transpiler. Version 10240+ supports WebGL 1.0 as prefixed. Latest Chromium-based Edge supports WebGL 2.0. Google Chrome – WebGL 1
WebGL
Common Lisp function that produces formatted text
(format t "~B" 5) Where configurations are permissive, prefix parameters may be specified. Prefix parameters enable an injection of additional information
Format_(Common_Lisp)
Genus of flowering plants in the rose family Rosaceae
America's C. greggiana are made into preserves. A 2008 Cochrane Collaboration meta-analysis of previous studies concluded that evidence exists of "a significant
Crataegus
Video game series
story connections, they have common thematic links and all sport the "Xeno" prefix, which Takahashi has variously described as a means of identifying his games
Xeno_(series)
American computer scientist and author
computational logic, including proof theory, automated reasoning, and formalized meta-theory. He has co-authored the book Programming with Higher-order Logic.
Dale_Miller_(academic)
Description language used to define rastertype fonts
though he now uses MetaPost for mathematical illustrations. Metafont can render any kind of graphical output, not just glyphs. However, MetaPost and Asymptote
Metafont
Chemical compound
organoboron compound with the formula C2B10H12. The prefix ortho is derived from the ortho- prefix used to signify that two substituents on an arene are
Ortho-Carborane
German word meaning "above"
within Anglophone communities due to its occasional use as a hyphenated prefix in informal English, usually for emphasis. The German word is properly spelled
Über
Transmission of information electromagnetically
electricity". Telecommunication is a compound noun formed from the Greek prefix tele- (τῆλε), meaning distant, far off, or afar, and the Latin verb communicare
Telecommunications
Formal language for describing data models
format as: @prefix eric: <http://www.w3.org/People/EM/contact#> . @prefix contact: <http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/contact#> . @prefix rdf: <http://www
Resource Description Framework
Resource_Description_Framework
Subgenre and period of rock music
post-punk predated the late-1970s punk explosion. Haddon argues that the prefix "post-," in post-punk need not be understood solely in a chronological sense
Post-punk
Form of arthritis caused by degeneration of joints
and 23rd most common cause in 1990. Osteoarthritis is derived from the prefix osteo- (from Ancient Greek: ὀστέον, romanized: ostéon, lit. 'bone') combined
Osteoarthritis
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
were lost or sold in many countries. The name is ultimately a blend of the prefix a(cetyl) + spir, from Spirsäure, German for meadowsweet, the plant genus
Aspirin
Technique in compiler construction
name, prefixed with its length. 7MyClass: Name of class the function belongs to, prefixed with its length. 9calculate: Function name, prefixed with its
Name_mangling
Data sent by computer keyboard keypress
additional keys have an E0 (or rarely, E1 or E2) prefix. These were initially assigned so that ignoring the E0 prefix (which is in the key-up range and thus would
Scancode
Tagging format
Denver(B-NP) has(B-VP) arrived(I-VP) The I- prefix before a tag indicates that the tag is inside a chunk. The B- prefix before a tag indicates that the tag is
Inside–outside–beginning (tagging)
Inside–outside–beginning_(tagging)
filesystem limits are invariably powers of two, so usually expressed with IEC prefixes. For instance, a 1 TiB limit means 240, 10244 bytes. Approximations (rounding
Comparison_of_file_systems
Bone that connects the humerus and clavicle
to resemble. In compound terms, the prefix omo- is used for the shoulder blade in medical terminology. This prefix is derived from ὦμος (ōmos), the Ancient
Scapula
Defunct bibliography management website developed by PubMed
manuscript called Meta. Figures, tables, equations and other special content can be similarly embedded within the context of the document via Meta descriptors
PubRef.org
Class of CNS depressant drugs
demonstrate a favorable dropout rate compared to placebo in one meta-analysis. A newer meta-analysis showed that benzodiazepines are significantly more effective
Benzodiazepine
German chemist (1841–1927)
Graebe died in Frankfurt in 1927. In 1869, Graebe first used the prefixes ortho-, meta-, para- to denote specific relative locations of the substituents
Carl_Graebe
Belarusian-language editions of Wikipedia
modern Belarus (Narkamaŭka, prefix "be:"), and another one in the pre-reform of 1933, classical orthography (Taraškievica, prefix "be-tarask:", formerly "be-x-old:")
Belarusian_Wikipedia
Layer of hardware-level instructions or data structures
confusion, each microprogram-related element is differentiated by the micro prefix: microinstruction, microassembler, microprogrammer, etc. Complex digital
Microcode
Class of 8 chemically related vitamins
tocopherols and four tocotrienols, within each group of four identified by the prefixes alpha- (α-), beta- (β-), gamma- (γ-), and delta- (δ-). For alpha(α)-tocopherol
Vitamin_E
Functional part of speech in most languages
is shown, as normally with Chichewa verbs, by the appropriate pronominal prefix: ine ndili bwino 'I am well' iwe uli bwino 'you (sg.) are well' kunyumbá
Copula_(linguistics)
Mechanism in blogging
User B, was copied by User B and reposted under User B's account and prefixed with "RT @username", with "RT" meaning "retweet". The @ sign had previously
Reblogging
Chinese robotics company
Innoscience Jingjia Micro Leadcore Lightelligence Lisuan Tech Loongson Maxscend MetaX Montage Moore Threads Nexchip OmniVision Group Oriental Semiconductor Rockchip
Unitree_Robotics
E-book format
2.0 --> <meta name="dtb:uid" content="123456789X"/> <!-- same as in .opf --> <meta name="dtb:depth" content="1"/> <!-- 1 or higher --> <meta name="dtb:totalPageCount"
EPUB
Hypothetical organic molecules of the form R–C(OH)3
catalysis: RCN + 3 R'OH → RC(OR')3 + NH3 Historically the prefixes "hypo-", "per-", "ortho-", "meta-", and "pyro-" were used to distinguish between different
Ortho_acid
about sets or groups. pluralism See logical pluralism. Polish notation A prefix notation for logic and arithmetic where operators precede their operands
Glossary_of_logic
Family of higher-order functions
either an empty list, commonly called nil ([]), or is constructed by prefixing an element in front of another list, creating what is called a cons node
Fold_(higher-order_function)
2011 studio album by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Nielson is onto something a lot more interesting and fun." Wilson McBee of Prefix Magazine gave the album a favorable review, stating, "Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra (album)
Unknown_Mortal_Orchestra_(album)
Linux distribution
portable, easy to maintain, and flexible. Gentoo describes itself as a meta-distribution because of its adaptability, in that the majority of its users
Gentoo_Linux
Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family
that consuming the seeds or oil can be used to treat human diseases. One meta-analysis of clinical trials found weak evidence that N. sativa has a short-term
Nigella_sativa
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