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Met-, Meta- pref.

A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely.

(Chem.) A prefix denoting:

(a)

Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde.

(b)

(Organic Chem.) That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See Ortho-, and Para-.

(c)

(Inorganic Chem.) Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; said of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively.

A prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics, metalanguage.

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Etymology of 'Met-'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... prior to the age of our flora and fauna and to the present conformation of land and water. There are many clear proofs of the extreme antiquity of the primitive impulse to imitative arts. A stag's meta-tarsal bone, on which there was a carving of two ruminants, was found in the cave of Savigny: in a cave at Eyzies there was a fragmentary carving of two animals on two slabs of schist; at La Madelaine there were found two so-called staves of office, on which were representations ...

— Myth and Science - An Essay • Tito Vignoli