metacharacter
/ˈmɛtəˌkarɪktə/noun
1 Philosophy. The character of a concept, etc., in a metalanguage; metalinguistic character. rare.
2 Computing. A character that is defined as having a controlling role by the computer program or operating system in use, and that gives information about how other characters are to be determined or gives rise to a specific action.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Mind. From meta- + character.
- pellet bow
- pelleter
- pelletierine
- Pelletier, Pierre-Joseph
- pelletisation
- pelletise
- pelletiser
- pelletization
- pelletize
- pelletizer
- pellet mill
- pellet molding
- pellet moulding
- pellet powder
- pellet stove
- pellety
- Pellian
- Pelli, Cesar
- pellicle
- pellicular
- pellicule
- pellitorine
- pellitory
- pellitory of the wall
- pell-mell