meta-

Significado (Inglés)

1. Behind.
2. Later or subsequent.
3. (obsolete) Situated between two segments.
4. Having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent.
5. in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate (1,3) positions; contrasted with ortho- and para-.
6. Relating to metabolism.

Sinónimos

meta

post-

higher-order-

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/mɪˈta/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-), from μετά (metá), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀲 (me-ta), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂ (“in the middle”).