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metavariables

metavariables is the plural of metavariable.

Meaning of metavariable

Noun

metavariable (plural metavariables)

  1. A symbol or string of symbols belonging to a metalanguage and standing for elements of some object language.
    • The pragmatic process of substitution requires some given context to provide an appropriate substituend for a metavariable projected by a pronoun.2006 March 13, Lutz Martin, “Relative Clause Construal”, in The Dynamics of Language, Brill, →ISBN, page 85

Questions about metavariables

What is metavariables the plural of?
Metavariables is the plural of metavariable.

Words near metavariables in the dictionary

  1. metavanadic acid
  2. metavandendriesscheite
  3. metavanmeersscheite
  4. metavanuralite
  5. metavariable
  6. metavariables
  7. metavariant
  8. metavariants
  9. metavariscite
  10. metavauxite
  11. metaventral

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