metamorphism
The process by which rocks are changed into other forms by the application of heat and/or pressure.
The process by which insects develop through life stages, for example, those of embryo, larva, pupa and imago. The life cycle of the butterfly is one of complete metamorphosis, in which the embryo grows within the egg, hatches into the larval stage caterpillar, enters the pupal stage within its chrysalis, and finally emerges as an adult butterfly imago.
Any dramatic change from one thing to another

metamorphisms
plural of metamorphism

metamorphization
Process or action of metamorphizing.

metamorphy
The quality of being metamorphic.

metanalyses
plural of metanalysis

metanalysis
Meta-analysis.
The act of breaking down a word or phrase into segments or meanings not original to it; breaking down the original boundaries between morphemes, words, or other units.

metanarration
A narrative text about narration (storytelling).

metanarrations
plural of metanarration

metanavigation
A means of navigating from one website to a related one

metanetwork
A network of networks.

metanetworks
plural of metanetwork

metanorm
A nonabelian norm

metanym
A name that is rejected because a valid name (based on another member) already exists for the same group.

metanyms
plural of metanym

metaoidioplasties
plural of metaoidioplasty

metaoidioplasty
Alternative form of metoidioplasty.

metaontologies
plural of metaontology

metaontology
The ontology of ontology.

metaoperator
In the Perl and Raku programming languages, an operator that can combine with other operators.

metaoperators
plural of metaoperator

metaorder
A large trading order that is split into small pieces and executed incrementally

metaorders
plural of metaorder

metaparaptera
plural of metaparapteron

metaparapteron
A small dorsolateral sclerite of the metathorax of some insects

metapeltidium
A free segment of a peltidium

metaperception
metacognition of a perception

metaperceptions
plural of metaperception

metaph
Abbreviation of metaphor.

metaphase
The stage of mitosis and meiosis that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated.

metaphases
plural of metaphase
plural of metaphasis

metaphenomena
plural of metaphenomenon

metaphenomenon
Something that can only be perceived through abstract thought rather than by the senses.

metaphenotype
A theoretical construct created by a linear combination of several phenotypes

metaphenotypes
plural of metaphenotype

metaphilosophies
plural of metaphilosophy

metaphilosophy
The study of the subject matter, methods, and aims of philosophy.

metaphonology
An awareness of phonology

metaphor
The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.
A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.

metaphore
Misspelling of metaphor.

metaphored
simple past and past participle of metaphor

metaphoricality
The quality of being metaphorical.

metaphoricalness
The quality of being metaphorical.

metaphoricities
plural of metaphoricity

metaphoricity
The quality of being metaphorical.

metaphoricness
The quality of being metaphoric.

metaphorics
The use of metaphor generally.

metaphorisation
Alternative form of metaphorization.

metaphorisations
plural of metaphorisation

metaphorization
The process of metaphorizing.

metaphorizations
plural of metaphorization

metaphors
plural of metaphor

metaphotography
Any photographic process that transcends photographic processes, comments on photographic practices, or critiques photographic processes.

metaphrand
The meaning or object referred to by a metaphor: thus being that meaning which goes beyond the metaphor's literal meaning; which, having been denoted by the metaphier word or phrase leads to an understood meaning through implicit similarity.

metaphysicalities
plural of metaphysicality

metaphysicality
The quality of being metaphysical.

metaphysicalness
The quality of being metaphysical; metaphysicality.

metaphysicianism
A metaphysical approach to a subject.

metaphysicks
plural of metaphysick

metaphysics
The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (Latin: ens in quantum ens).
The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.
The metalogic of physics; the logical framework of physics.
Any fundamental principles or rules.
The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.
Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject.

metaphysiology
Questions concerning the mind and life as opposed to the physical body

metapipeline
A kind of pipeline that exploits nested parallelism.

metapipelines
plural of metapipeline

metapipelining
The use of a metapipeline.

metaplast
A word having more than one form of the root.

metaplasticity
Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity

metaplasts
plural of metaplast

metapleure
A longitudinal fold at the junction of the ventral and lateral surfaces of a lancelet

metapleures
plural of metapleure

metapolitefsi
A transitional period in modern Greek history after the fall of the military junta of 1967–74, leading to elections and democracy.

metapolycentricity
The condition of being metapolycentric

metaprediction
A prediction that is based upon multiple, independent predictions

metapredictions
plural of metaprediction

metapredictor
A system or program that uses multiple prediction strategies

metapredictors
plural of metapredictor

metaprinciple
A principle which governs the application or underpins the domain of other principles.

metaprinciples
plural of metaprinciple

metaproperties
plural of metaproperty

metaproperty
A property of a property.

metaproposition
A proposition about propositions.
An underlying proposition that is embedded in many different statements throughout a given work or set of works.

metapropositions
plural of metaproposition

metaprotaspides
plural of metaprotaspis

metaprotaspis
The second molt stage of the protaspis.

metaproteogenomics
A field of study that encompasses metaproteomics and genomics.

metaprotocell
A proposed protocell that could use sunlight to synthesize ATP and then polynucleotides.

metaprotocells
plural of metaprotocell

metaprotocol
A protocol that dictates the form of other protocols.

metaprotocols
plural of metaprotocol

metapsychics
The study of psychic or metapsychic phenomena.

metapsychism
The study of metapsychic phenomena.

metapsychologies
plural of metapsychology

metapsychology
The philosophical study of psychology and of the mind.
A set of principles governing Freudian psychology.
The study of how human experience forms, filters perception and shapes identity.

metapurpose
A secondary or higher-level purpose.

metapurposes
plural of metapurpose

metaquestion
A question about questions.

metaquestions
plural of metaquestion

metaracism
A form of racism that asserts that the perceived differences between races are not primarily biological but cultural.

metarealism
A direction in Russian poetry and art that was born in the 1970s to the 1980s, synonymous to metaconscience, which means beyond psychological consciousness, beyond a subjective psychological polarized view of reality.

metareference
A technique in metafiction whereby a character displays awareness of being part of a dramatic work.

metareferences
plural of metareference