Met·a- Met-.
 1. A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely.
 2. Chem. A prefix denoting: (a) Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde. (b) Organic Chem. That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc.  See Ortho-, and Para-. (c) Inorganic Chem. Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; -- said of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively.
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 meet
      adj : being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she
            should be seated first" [syn: fitting]
      n : a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
          [syn: sports meeting]
      v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How
           nice to see you again!" [syn: ran into, encounter, run
           across, come across, see]
      2: get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: get
         together]
      3: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this
         point" [syn: converge] [ant: diverge, diverge]
      4: fill or meet a want or need [syn: satisfy, fill, fulfill,
          fulfil]
      5: satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet
         the requirements for the degree?" [syn: fit, conform to]
      6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match
         my dreams" [syn: match, cope with]
      7: get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really
         handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
      8: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
         "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: gather, assemble,
          forgather, foregather]
      9: meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet
         me at the train station?"
      10: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
          "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to
          play Mary" [syn: encounter, play, take on]
      11: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
          opposition" [syn: encounter, receive]
      12: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a
          terrible fate" [syn: suffer]
      13: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two
          buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must
          not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at
          this point" [syn: touch, adjoin, contact]
      [also: met]
 met
      See meet