Meta

:For the Wikimedia project coordination meta-wiki, see http://meta.wikimedia.org

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Meta (Greek: "about," "beyond"), is a common English prefix, used to indicate a concept which is an abstraction from another concept, used to analyze the latter. For example "metaphysics" refers to things beyond physics, and "meta language" refers to a type of language or system which describes language.

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Greek - Abstraction - Metaphysics - Physics - Meta language

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In organic chemistry, "meta" (along with "ortho" and "para") is used to distinguish the three types of isomer of disubstituted benzenes: it indicates that the substituents are at locants 1 and 3.

Related Topics:
Organic chemistry - Ortho - Para - Isomer - Benzene - Substituent - Locant

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Meta may specifically refer to:

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• META, see: META
• Meta-, a common English prefix
• Metadata, in Databases, is the data that describes or parameterizes other data (it is data about data)
• Meta Department, a department of Colombia.
• Meta River, a river of Colombia
• Meta, a typeface developed by Erik Spiekermann.
• Meta, Missouri; a town in Missouri
• Meta, Kentucky; a town in Kentucky
• Meta, a genus of spiders of the family Tetragnathidae
• In Greek mythology, Meta was the first wife of Aegeas, who bore him no heirs.
• Metaprogramming, in Software Engineering and Programming Languages, a program that manipulates, creates, or alters other programs (it is a program about programs)