"metainformation" meaning in All languages combined

See metainformation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From meta- + information. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|information}} meta- + information Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} metainformation (uncountable)
  1. Information about information. Tags: uncountable Related terms: metainformational Translations (information about information): μεταπληροφορία (metapliroforía) [feminine] (Greek), metainformáció (Hungarian)
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        "3": "information"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From meta- + information.",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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        },
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          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 November 27, Luciano Floridi, “Understanding Epistemic Relevance”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 1, →DOI, pages 69–92:",
          "text": "Or a may simply be assumed to be reasonable enough to ask the appropriate question to obtain i, if provided with sufficient metainformation about the availability of i.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Information about information."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "metainformational"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "metapliroforía",
          "sense": "information about information",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μεταπληροφορία"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "information about information",
          "word": "metainformáció"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "metainformation"
}
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      "args": {
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        "2": "meta",
        "3": "information"
      },
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From meta- + information.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "metainformation (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "metainformational"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
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        "English uncountable nouns",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations"
      ],
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Information about information."
      ],
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        [
          "Information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metapliroforía",
      "sense": "information about information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μεταπληροφορία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "information about information",
      "word": "metainformáció"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metainformation"
}

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