Meta-; Met-

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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