Meta
The English word “Meta” has 2 meanings listed here.
proper noun
- Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly Facebook, Inc. (until late 2021): an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company that is the parent organization of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other subsidiaries.
- Meta, a biomedical research discovery tool.
Etymology
The technology conglomerate is named for its connotative evocation of the idea of the metaverse, the research tool after metascience.
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