D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Meta-

· Met·a- · IPA /məˈtæ/
01 A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metap…
  1. 1.
    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.
  2. 2.
    Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde.(Chem.)
  3. 3.
    A prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics, metalanguage.