Meta.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
The technology conglomerate is named for its connotative evocation of the idea of the metaverse, the research tool after metascience.
A city in Osage County, Missouri.
Where this word comes from
Named after Meta Schreifer, the sister of a railroad official, from German Meta.
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