> Meta (from the Greek preposition and prefix meta- (μετά-) meaning "after", or "beyond") is a prefix used in English to indicate a concept which is an abstract

> Meta (from the Greek preposition and prefix meta- (μετά-) meaning "after", or "beyond") is a prefix used in English to indicate a concept which is an abstraction behind another concept, used to complete or add to the latter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta Most usages of 'meta' that I encountered target the 'beyond' meaning, i.e. raising the abstraction level of something.