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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.

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  1. 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.

  2. Meta, a biomedical research discovery tool.

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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.

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  1. 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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