Phrase Hound found 56 phrases and 1,069 compound words that contain meta. The most common are listed below. Open meta in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 56
- meta dataMisspelling of metadata: Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
- meta tagsplural of meta tag: Text inserted into the source code of a web page to provide metadata, such as keywords for a search engine.
- meta tagText inserted into the source code of a web page to provide metadata, such as keywords for a search engine.
- meta-genderAlternative form of metagender: The use of categories to conceive of gender; the possible ways in which gender can manifest itself.
- meta-analysisAny systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
- meta keyA special key on some kinds of keyboard, used to activate keyboard shortcuts.
- meta-communicationAlternative form of metacommunication: Communication or discussion, especially involving academic analysis, about communication itself.
- meta-ethicsAlternative spelling of metaethics: The study of the nature and meaning of moral judgments, and the foundations and the possibility of ethical reasoning as such.
- meta-knowledgeAlternative spelling of metaknowledge: Knowledge about knowledge itself (for example, epistemologic awareness).
- meta-levelAlternative form of metalevel: The level of discourse that concerns the discourse itself; a level incorporating that same level.
- meta-modelAlternative spelling of metamodel: A model of the modelling process itself.
- meta-systemAlternative form of metasystem: Any system considered as a grouping of other, smaller systems.
- meta-systemsplural of meta-system: Any system considered as a grouping of other, smaller systems.
- meta-toolsplural of meta-tool: A tool that is used to make or modify another tool.
- meta-universeSynonym of multiverse: The world, considered as lacking in purpose, design, or predictability.
- meta-ethicalAlternative spelling of metaethical: Of or pertaining to metaethics.
- meta-analysesplural of meta-analysis: Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
- meta-ethnicityA level of commonality that is broader than ethnicity, but does not necessarily correspond to (and may actually transcend) nationality.
- meta-analyticAlternative form of metaanalytic: Relating to metanalysis
- meta-nessAlternative form of metaness: Self-referentiality and self-awareness, especially of tropes in art and fiction.
- meta-attentionAwareness and control of one's attentional processes.
- meta-epistemologyAlternative spelling of metaepistemology: The study of the nature, methods, goals and underlying assumptions of epistemology
- meta-chlorophenylpiperazineA drug that triggers serotonin receptors in the brain. It is used in psychiatric research; side-effects include migraines.
- meta keysplural of meta key: A special key on some kinds of keyboard, used to activate keyboard shortcuts.
- meta-awarenessThe awareness of one's awareness.
Compound words 1,069
- metamorphosisA transformation, such as one performed by magic.
- metacrawlerAn application that searches the Web using existing search engines.
- metastableOf or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.
- metaverseA hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.
- metaclassA class that serves as a template for other classes rather than objects.
- metamodelA model of the modelling process itself.
- metafileA file in any format that can store multiple types of data, typically a graphics file format.
- metapopulationA group of interacting populations of the same species.
- metagameA game about games.
- metatalkTalk, especially involving academic analysis, about speaking or talking; verbal metadiscourse.