| 单词 | meta |
| 释义 | meta in British English (ˈmɛtə) adjective informal, mainly US 1. concerned with cultural conventions rather than with reality 2. (of an artistic work) self-referential Word origin C21: from meta-Meta in British English (ˈmeɪtə, Spanish ˈmeta) noun a river in Colombia, rising in the Andes and flowing northeast and east, forming part of the border between Colombia and Venezuela, to join the Orinoco River. Length: about 1000 km (620 miles) meta- in British English or sometimes before a vowel met- prefix 1. indicating change, alteration, or alternation metabolism metamorphosis 2. (of an academic discipline, esp philosophy) concerned with the concepts and results of the named discipline metamathematics meta-ethics See also metatheory3. occurring or situated behind or after metaphase 4. (often in italics) denoting that an organic compound contains a benzene ring with substituents in the 1,3-positions metadinitrobenzene meta-cresol Abbreviation: m-. Compare ortho- (sense 4), para-1 (sense 6) 5. denoting an isomer, polymer, or compound related to a specified compound (often differing from similar compounds that are prefixed by para-) metaldehyde 6. denoting an oxyacid that is a lower hydrated form of the anhydride or a salt of such an acid metaphosphoric acid Compare ortho- (sense 5)Word origin Greek, from meta with, after, between, among. Compare Old English mid, mith with, Old Norse meth with, betweenmeta- in American English (ˈmɛtə) 1. change in position or form, alteration, transposition metathesis, metasomatism see also trans-2. after metapneumonic see also post-3. behind, at the back metanephros see also dorso- 4. going beyond or higher, transcending used to form terms designating an area of study whose purpose is to examine the nature,assumptions, structure, etc. of a (specified) field metalinguistics, metacriticism 5. between metope 6. Chemistry a. a polymer of metaldehyde b. a derivative of metaprotein c. a less hydrated acid or salt metaphosphoric acid see also ortho- (sense 4) ortho- (sense 4a)d. characterized by substitutions in the 1, 3 position in the benzene ring usually italicized and hyphenated in chemical names meta-aminobenzoic acid see also para-1 (sense 2) para-1 (sense 2b), ortho- (sense 4) ortho- (sense 4b)Word origin < Gr meta, along with, after, between, among < IE *meta < base *me-, between > mid1; (sense 4) < supposed analogy to metaphysicsDefinition of 'meta' |
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