Meta- /(?)/
Met·a-
Meta-
- A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely.
- Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde. (Chem.)
- A prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics, metalanguage.