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metapackages

metapackages is the plural of metapackage.

Meaning of metapackage

Noun

metapackage (plural metapackages)

  1. A software package that contains no software itself, but serves to install a particular set of other packages.

Questions about metapackages

What is metapackages the plural of?
Metapackages is the plural of metapackage.

Words near metapackages in the dictionary

  1. metaorder
  2. metaorders
  3. metaorganism
  4. metaorganisms
  5. metapackage
  6. metapackages
  7. metaparable
  8. metaparables
  9. metaparadigm
  10. metaparameter
  11. metaparameters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metapackages (page history and authors); metapackage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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