A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.

plural of metate

(programming, Lua) A table (of key-value pairs) containing references to functions that dictate certain behaviours of an object.

plural of metatable

(chemistry) Describing isothermal reversible transformation of a solid mixture phase into a different solid phase plus a liquid phase during cooling; i.e. a partial melting during cooling

peritectoid

plural of metatextuality

A form of intertextual discourse in which one text makes critical commentary on another.

Constituting self-referential text (text about the text); for example, as mentioned earlier herein. / Of or pertaining to metatextuality.

A template which forms the basis for other templates.