meta

Meanings

1. Clipping of metagame.
2. An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
3. Clipping of metaoidioplasty.
4. Clipping of metamour.
5. Clipping of metanalysis: metanalysis or metacommentary focused on media, fandom, or related topics, typically presented as an essay or dialogue.

1. Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
2. Prominent in the metagame; effective and frequently used in competitive gameplay.

1. Boundary marker.
2. Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.

1. Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly Facebook, Inc. (until late 2021): an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company that is the parent organization of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other subsidiaries.
2. Meta, a biomedical research discovery tool.

1. A city in Osage County, Missouri.

Etymology

Adjective etymology 1, adjective sense 1 is a back-formation from meta- (prefix). Adjective etymology 1, adjective sense 2 is derived from noun etymology 1, noun sense 1. The noun senses are clippings of various terms beginning with meta (prefix). Folk etymology for noun etymology 1, noun sense 1 also suggests an acronym for most effective/efficient tactic available.