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In the case of meta-analysis, the meta means to combine the results of several related studies or experiments.
According to the most reliable online lexicological resource, Urban Dictionary, "meta" means: "A term, especially in art, used to characterise something that is characteristically self-referential".
The ancient Greeks, progenitors of western logic, had many prepositions that do bizarre double duty to the English eye: meta means both with and after; kata means both according to and against.
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"Meta" often means the thing is talking about itself.
Of course, striving to become a meta aggregator means that there's plenty of opportunity to over-do it, to create a cluttered UI and a disappointing UX.
The meta k-means algorithm then identifies cells that are co-clustered in more than 80% of k-means ++ runs and groups them into meta clusters initially.
To explore the influence of case mix, we evaluated 2 baseline variables in separate meta-regressions: mean age and mean baseline arterial partial pressure of oxygen/fractional concentration of inspired oxygen ratio (PaO2/FiO2).
And paradoxically, while meta once meant an endless loop or a hall or mirrors or a multiverse of possibilities, Meta 2.0 is a closed box.
The test addressing so-called file drawer problem estimates the number of unpublished studies required to refute significant meta-analytic means.
It's not lost on me, the irony of touting chance discovery at the epicenter of preference-based, meta-track means for connecting listeners to music.
Meta-analyses means "the analysis of analyses".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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