"metavalue" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: metavalues [plural]
Etymology: meta- + value Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|value}} meta- + value Head templates: {{en-noun}} metavalue (plural metavalues)
  1. A standard by which good is measured, which is incommensurable with other values.
    Sense id: en-metavalue-en-noun-uG0rJvWF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meta-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2016, Phil Gaines, From Truth to Technique at Trial, page 7",
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