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   meta-

   /ˈmɛtə/

   combining form

   • 1. denoting a change of position or condition: "metamorphosis"
   • 2. denoting position behind, after, or beyond: "metacarpus"
   • 3. denoting something of a higher or second-order kind: "metalanguage"
   • 4. denoting substitution at two carbon atoms separated by one other in a benzene ring, e.g. in 1,3 positions: "metadichlorobenzene"
   • 5. denoting a compound formed by dehydration: "metaphosphoric acid"

   Word Origin from Greek meta ‘with, across, or after’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

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