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Author: FrancisFrancis Date: Jul 9, 2008 12:23
What is the difference between the "meta" and "super"? Or are they the
same?
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Author: TimTim Date: Jul 9, 2008 13:03
> What is the difference between the "meta" and "super"? Or are they the
> same?
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> Francis
meta- or (sometimes before a vowel) met- prefix
1 indicating change, alteration, or alternation
metabolism
metamorphosis
2 (of an academic discipline, esp. philosophy) concerned with the concepts
and results of the named discipline
metamathematics
meta-ethics
See also metatheory
3 occurring or situated behind or after
metaphase
4 (often in italics) denoting that an organic compound contains a benzene
ring with substituents in the 1,3-positions
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Author: Robert CohenRobert Cohen Date: Jul 9, 2008 13:14
On Jul 9, 3:23 pm, Francis gmail.com> wrote:> What is the difference between the "meta" and "super"? Or are they the
> same?
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> Francis
I can't figure how the terms "meta" and "super" are related, though
somebody oughta make a case.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meta
"meta" is about ...., uh, ...
"meta-ethics," is the study of: what is "good" in itself?
"Super" means superlative, excessive
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/super
Using both terms in terrific sentences:
Clark Kent by himself meta-morphizes into a super dude.
The meta Whopper is dielicious, unhealthy super food.
I don't have this aced even with a dictionary, tho give me a B- or C+
for close.
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Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Jul 9, 2008 13:41
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:23:42 -0700 (PDT), Francis gmail.com> wrote:
>What is the difference between the "meta" and "super"? Or are they the
>same?
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>Francis
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Author: FrancisFrancis Date: Jul 10, 2008 00:50
On 9 jul, 21:23, Francis gmail.com> wrote:> What is the difference between the "meta" and "super"? Or are they the
> same?
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> Francis
I was referring to 'super' in the 'standing above' meaning. A higher
level abstraction of a concept can be referred to by adding a 'meta'
or 'super' prefix. Both seem valid sometimes. In quantum physics there
is the term 'superposition', would 'metaposition' not have the same
meaning?
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Author: ErrolErrol Date: Jul 10, 2008 02:05
On Jul 9, 10:03 pm, "Tim" q.con> wrote:>> What is the difference between the "meta" and "super"? Or are they the
>> same?
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>> Francis
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> meta- or (sometimes before a vowel) met- prefix
>
> 1 indicating change, alteration, or alternation
>
> metabolism
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> metamorphosis
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> 2 (of an academic discipline, esp. philosophy) concerned with the concepts
> and results of the named discipline ...
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Author: TronTron Date: Jul 10, 2008 07:11
> What is the difference between the "meta" and "super"? Or are they the
> same?
Primarily, the difference is that they come from two different languages.
"Meta-" is greek, and "Super" is latin.
IIRC "meta-" is a prefix that denotes something "beyond", in any direction,
including "above",
while "super" means "over, above", even in the restricted sense of "on top
of".
I might be terribly mistaken in this conjecture, but I would guess that the
latin equivalent to "meta-" would be something like "extra-" (= "outside
of..."), while the greek equivalnt of "super" would be e.g. "hyper-".
T
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