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Webster 1913 Edition
Met-
{
. Met′a-
,Met-
}[Gr.
μετά
between, with, after; akin to AS. mid
with, G. mit
, Goth. miþ
, E. mid
, in midwife
.] 1.
A prefix meaning
between
, with
, after
, behind
, over
, about
, reversely
; as,
meta
chronism, the error of placing after the correct time; meta
phor, lit., a carrying over; meta
thesis, a placing reversely.2.
(Chem.)
A prefix denoting: (a)
Other
; duplicate
, corresponding to
; resembling
; hence, metameric
; as,
. meta
-arabinic, met
aldehyde(b)
(Organic Chem.)
That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2;
as,
See meta
cresol, etc. Ortho-
, and Para-
. (c)
(Inorganic Chem.)
Having
less than the highest number
of hydroxyl groups; – said of acids; as,
. Also used adjectively. meta
phosphoric acid