Etymology

metafunction

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Today it means: A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently. Full definition →

English function ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)
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  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Englishfunction
  5. English todaymetafunction

From meta- + function.

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