* Main Entry: meta-
* Variant(s): or met-
* Function: prefix
* Etymology: New Latin & Medieval Latin, from Latin or Greek; Latin, from Greek, among, with, after, from meta among, with, after; akin to Old English mid, mith with, Old High German mit

1 a : occurring later than or in succession to : after b : situated behind or beyond c : later or more highly organized or specialized form of
2 : change : transformation
3 [metaphysics] : more comprehensive : transcending —usually used with the name of a discipline to designate a new but related discipline designed to deal critically with the original one

Markham Robinson, Chairman of the American Independent Party, our California affiliate, and the Vice-Chairman of America's Independent Party, made this point several months ago on one of the America's Summit calls.

It is becoming more and more apparent how accurate his assessment was.

Another couple of definitions of "meta"....

From http://www.thefreedictionary.com/:

meta

One definition of this Greek word is transcending, or going above and beyond. In the computer field, it defines things that embrace more than the usual. For example, a metafile contains all types of data. Meta-data describes other data.

From Wikipedia:

Meta (from Greek: μετ? = "after", "beyond", "with" ) is a prefix used in English in order to indicate a concept which is an abstraction from another concept, used to complete or add to the latter. The Greek meta is equivalent to the Latin post.