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met·a

 (mĕt′ə)
adj.
Making or showing awareness of reference to oneself or to the activity that is taking place, especially in an ironic or comic way.

[Frommeta- (as inmetalanguage).]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Meta

(ˈmeɪtə;Spanishˈmeta)
n
(Placename) 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)
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

met•a

(ˈmɛt ə)

adj.
pertaining to or occupying positions (1, 3) in the benzene ring separated by one carbon atom. Compareortho,para2.
[1875–80; independent use ofmeta-]

meta-

1. a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, with the meanings “after,” “along with,” “beyond,” “among,” “behind,” and productive in English on the Greek model: metacarpus; metalinguistics.
2.
a. a combining form used in the names of acids, salts, or their organic derivatives that are the least hydrated of a given series:meta-antimonic HSbO3. Compareortho- (def. 2a),pyro- (def. 2a).
b. a combining form used in the names of benzene derivatives in which the substituting group occupies the meta position in the benzene ring.Abbr.:m-
Also,esp. before a vowel,met-.
[< Greek, prefix and preposition]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.


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