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metadatabase

metadatabase noun: a database that serves to catalogue and classify other databases.

Noun

metadatabase (plural metadatabases)

  1. A database that serves to catalogue and classify other databases.

Forms of metadatabase

pluralmetadatabases

Origin of metadatabase

From meta- + database.

Questions about metadatabase

What does metadatabase mean?
Metadatabase means a database that serves to catalogue and classify other databases.
What part of speech is metadatabase?
Metadatabase is a noun.
What is the plural of metadatabase?
The plural of metadatabase is metadatabases.

Words near metadatabase in the dictionary

  1. metacyclophanes
  2. metacyst
  3. metacystic
  4. metacysts
  5. metadata
  6. metadatabase
  7. metadatabases
  8. metadataset
  9. metadatasets
  10. metadatum
  11. metadebate

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