metafunction
nounEtymology From meta- + function.
1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A construct that performs a mapping between entities at compile time.
3
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A group of grammatical systems that make meanings of a related kind.
- Related terms
- metafunctional