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from webster's New World College Dictionary on Power C😱

Meta- (prefix)
1. change in position or form, alteration, transposition {metathesis, metasomatism}: equivalent to TRANS
2. after {metapneumaonic}: sometimes, as in medical terms, equivalent to POST
3. behind, at the back {metanephros}: in anatomical terms, equivalent to DORSO
4. going beyond or higher, transcending: used to form terms designating an area of study whose purpose is to examine the nature, assumptions, structure, etc. of a (specific) field {metaphysics}
5. between {metope}
6. Chem. a)a polymer of [metaldehyde] b0 a derivative of [metaprotein] c0 a less hydrated acid or salt [metaphosphoric acid] d0 characterized by substitutions in the 1, 3 position in the benzene ring (usually italicized an hyphenated in chemical names) [meta-aminobenzoic acid]

Etymology: from the greek meta, which means along with, after, between, among