Search results for 'met':

metacommunication (noun) : implicit and nonverbal communication about something spoken

He voiced words that were welcoming, but his facial expression and tone of voice expressed the metacommunication, "Don't expect much."

Submitted by: Samuel T Goldberg, MD from Maryland on Jul. 20, 2008 16:16

metagaming (verb) : any action that occurs outside the defined limits of the game. This typically happens in RPG's. This usually occurs when the players have knowledge that the characters that they are playing cannot possibly have. For example, they might have peeked at the DM's monster roster before the game began.

Bob's played this module before. Didn't you see all the metagaming he was doing? —RecentCoin,

Submitted by: recentcoin from Texas on Aug. 24, 2006 23:55

metaknowledge (noun) : defining information about the structure of knowledge and how knowledge is used - knowledge about knowledge

Meta-knowledge includes information about the knowledge the system possesses, about the efficiency of certain methods used by the system, the probabilities of the success of past plans, etc —Univ.of Michigan, http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/cogarch0/common/prop/..., unknown

Submitted by: Robert Cordingley from Texas on Jan. 14, 2006 23:44

Metallobezoar (noun) : A collection of multiple ferro-metallic bodies in the stomach held together as a conglomerate with magnets that have been swallowed by an individual

Gastric Metallobezoar and free intraperitoneal foreign body without an identifiable perforation. (Presented at the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, 2005) —Sanjay Gupta, Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 2005

Submitted by: Sanjay Gupta from West Virginia on Dec. 12, 2006 20:31

metalmorphosis (noun) : to become a fan of heavy metal music

I began my metalmorphosis when I heard Iron Maiden for the first time!

Submitted by: Kimberly from Pennsylvania on Jun. 22, 2007 01:17

metalogy (noun) : The junction where metaphors meet analogies. [combined form of METAphor and anaLOGY]

Submitted by: Howard Tuckey from New York on Aug. 18, 2007 09:08

Metaluna (noun) : The name of a planet that is slowly dying from the negative effects of interplanetary war.

They came to Earth from metaluna to seek our help.

Submitted by: J.C. Moore from Pennsylvania on May. 04, 2007 14:47

metameeting (noun) : a meeting which describes or summarizes previous meetings

We need to schedule a metameeting to summarize progress on program X.

Submitted by: Dana from Minnesota on Oct. 12, 2008 21:57

metanoid (adjective) : repentant or Godly in one's world view or frame of reference

Stay metanoid. —ED ANTON, REPENTANCE: A COSMIC SHIFT OF MIND AND HEART, 08/08/2005

Submitted by: Greg from Kentucky on Nov. 17, 2005 16:09

metaphorician (noun) : a person who believes that metaphors offer metaphysical information [cf metaphysician, a philosophy specialist]

Most people who do not know much science or real theoretical philosophy are metaphoricians. —jks, my brain, just now

Submitted by: jonathan keith sheriff from California on Oct. 28, 2005 17:07

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