Meters. Poetry is meant to be recited and the number of beats per line of spoken poetry determines the name of the rhythm. Monometer has one beat per line. The second is dimeter with two beats and trimeter with three.
A meta-analysis is a statistical analysis that combines the results of multiple scientific studies. The basic tenet behind meta-analyses is that there is a common truth behind all conceptually similar scientific studies, but which has been measured with a certain error within individual studies.
Metaphysics. 1  pertaining to an appearance, phenomenon, or representation in the mind; phenomenal; representational. 2  pertaining to the capacity of the mind to refer to an existent or nonexistent object. 3  pointing beyond itself, as consciousness or a sign.