Meta- /(?)/

Met·a-

Meta-

  1. 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.
  2. Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde. (Chem.)
  3. A prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics, metalanguage.