metafunction

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?
Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ)
Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor.
English meta-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰunégti
Proto-Italic *fungōr
Latin fungor
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin fūnctiō
Old French fonction
Middle French functionbor.
English function
English metafunction

    From meta- + function.

    Noun

    metafunction (plural metafunctions)

    1. (programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
    2. (programming) A construct that performs a mapping between entities at compile time.
    3. (linguistics) A group of grammatical systems that make meanings of a related kind.
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