单词 | metastable state |
释义 | meta- /me-tə-/ or (before a vowel) often met- /met-/combining form
ORIGIN: Gr meta among, with, beside, after metacarpˈal adjective (also noun) metacarpˈus noun (pl metacarpˈi /-ī/) (Gr karpos wrist) the part of the hand (or its bones) between the wrist and the fingers, or the corresponding part of an animal, eg the foreleg of a horse between ‘knee’ and fetlock metˈacentre noun (Gr kentron point) the point of intersection of a vertical line through the centre of gravity of a body floating in equilibrium and that through the centre of gravity of the displaced liquid when the body is slightly displaced metacenˈtric adjective metachromatˈic adjective
metachrōˈmatism noun Change in colour metachrosis /-krōˈsis/ noun (Gr chrōsis colouring) ability to change colour in animals metacognition /-kog-nishˈən/ noun (psychology) Awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes, enabling one to learn effectively metˈadata plural noun Information about information already supplied, eg details about a site on the Internet metˈafiction noun Fiction which self-consciously comments on its status as fiction metaficˈtional adjective metˈafile noun (computing) Graphical information capable of being transferred between systems or software metagalacˈtic adjective metagalˈaxy noun
metagenˈesis noun (Gr genesis generation; biology) Alternation of generations metagenetˈic adjective metagnathous /met-agˈnə-thəs/ adjective
metˈalanguage noun A language or a system of symbols used to discuss another language or symbolic system metalˈdehyde noun A polymer of acetaldehyde metalinguisˈtic adjective Of or relating to (a) metalanguage or to metalinguistics metalinguisˈtically adverb metalinguisˈtics singular noun The study of the relation between a language and other features of behaviour in a particular culture, of language structure in relation to meaning, of expression or gesture accompanying spoken language, etc metamatēˈrial noun (physics) An artificially created material having properties not found in nature metamathematˈics singular noun The logical analysis of formal mathematics, its concepts, terminology, use of symbols, etc metˈamer noun (Gr meros a part; chem) A compound metameric with another metˈamere /-mēr/ noun (zoology) A segment, merosome, or somite metamerˈic adjective
metamerˈically adverb metamˈerism noun
metˈaphase noun The stage of mitosis at which the chromosomes are attached to the spindle but have not yet segregated metaphosˈphate noun A salt of metaphosphoric acid metaphosphorˈic adjective Applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid metapsychic /met-ə-sīˈkik/ or metapsychˈical adjective (from psychic on the analogy of metaphysics) metapsychˈics singular noun
metapsychologˈical adjective metapsycholˈogy noun Theories and theorizing on psychological matters, such as the nature of the mind, which cannot be verified or falsified by experiment or reasoning metasequoiˈa noun A conifer (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) discovered as a fossil and since found existing in China metasilˈicate /-i-kāt/ noun A salt of metasilicic acid metasilicˈic /-isˈik/ adjective Applied to an acid (H2SiO3) metasōmatˈic adjective metasōmˈatism noun (Gr sōma, -atos body; geology) Metamorphism by chemical changes in minerals metastabilˈity noun
metastable /metˈə-stā-bl/ adjective Having metastability (metastable state an excited state, esp of an atom which has, however, insufficient energy to emit radiation) metatarsal /-tärˈsl/ adjective (also noun) metatarˈsus noun (Gr tarsos the flat of the foot) that part of the foot, or its bones, between the tarsus and the toes, or the corresponding part of an animal metˈatheory noun
Metatheria /-thēˈri-ə/ plural noun (Gr thērion a wild beast) the marsupials metathēˈrian adjective Of or relating to the marsupials (also noun) metathoracic /-thö-rasˈik/ adjective metathorax /-thöˈraks/ noun The third and last segment of an insect's thorax Metazoa /met-ə-zōˈə/ plural noun (sing metazōˈon) (Gr zōion animal; also without cap) many-celled animals, opp to Protozoa metazōˈan adjective and noun metazōˈic adjective metempiric /met-em-pirˈik/ or metempirˈical adjective
metempirˈicism /-i-sizm/ noun The study of the existence of things beyond the scope of experience (also metempirics) metempirˈicist noun |
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