meta-analyticadj.
/ˌmɛtəˌanəˈlɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˌænəˈlɪdɪk/ 1. Mathematics. Designating a function of three real variables, whose partial derivatives with respect to these variables satisfy certain conditions, resulting in the function having properties analogous to those of an analytic function of one complex variable. Cf. analytic adj. rare.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [adjective] > relating to mathematical property
simple1570
dissevered1605
periodicala1690
irreductible1753
analytical1799
analytic1800
compound1806
well-conditioned1843
one-valued1884
non-empty1905
well-behaved1912
minimax1917
irredundant1925
non-linear1930
constructive1938
extremal1939
max-min1949
meta-analytic1968
meta-analytic1978
1968 M. S. K. Sastry Meta-analytic Functions & Spin Spherical Harmonics (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Rochester) ii. 21 In this chapter we will define the concept of a meta-analytic function and show that a meta-analytic function has some properties analogous to those of an ordinary analytic function in the plane.
1981 Bull. Calcutta Math. Soc. 73 144 Let B⊂F3 be a bounded region and let ψ be meta-analytic in B.
2. Philosophy. Of or relating to meta-analysis (meta-analysis n. 1).
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective] > relating to analysis
analytic1602
analyticala1652
schistic1743
meta-analytic1971
1971 Jrnl. Philos. 68 80 To which [sc. this definition of ‘nonbasic knowledge’] we attach the meta-analytic rule that the recursion can be allowed to terminate only when some justifying statement a is reached.
1976 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 36 364 What is absent from these discussions is that independent and self-sustaining interest in questions of method and technique which exercised Kant, whose Critique..bristles with meta-analytic commentary and exposition.
3. Statistics. Of or relating to meta-analysis (meta-analysis n. 2).
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [adjective] > relating to mathematical property
simple1570
dissevered1605
periodicala1690
irreductible1753
analytical1799
analytic1800
compound1806
well-conditioned1843
one-valued1884
non-empty1905
well-behaved1912
minimax1917
irredundant1925
non-linear1930
constructive1938
extremal1939
max-min1949
meta-analytic1968
meta-analytic1978
1978 M. A. C. Drayton Bayesian Meta-analytic Demonstration (Ed.D. thesis, N. Illinois Univ.) i. 22 This meta-analytic study...explored the Bayesian model for use in data synthesis.
1984 Lang. & Communication 4 305 A number of alternative meta-analytic procedures for combining and contrasting independent research results have been described recently.
1991 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 20 125 For unbalanced datasets, separate results have to be reported for each distance and these results cumulated in some meta-analytic fashion.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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