单词 | meta- |
释义 | meta- or met- pref. 1. a. Later in time: metestrus. b. At a later stage of development: metanephros. 2. Situated behind: metacarpus. 3. a. Change; transformation: metachromatism. b. Alternation: metagenesis. 4. a. More comprehensive: meta-analysis. b. Describing or showing an awareness of the activity that is taking place or being discussed; self-referential: metafiction. c. At a higher state of development: metazoan. 5. Having undergone metamorphosis: metasomatic. 6. Chemistry a. Derived from, as an acid, by dehydration: metaphosphoric acid. b. Of or relating to one of three possible isomers of a benzene ring with two attached chemical groups, in which the carbon atoms with attached groups are separated by one unsubstituted carbon atom: meta-dibromobenzene. [Greek, from meta, beside, after; see me-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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