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.
meta-. 1. chemistry prefix denoting joint, action sharing. 2. chemistry prefix denoting a compound formed by two substitutions in the benzene ring separated by one carbon atom, for example, linked to the first and third, second and fourth., carbon atoms of the ring. For terms beginning with meta- or m-, see the specific name.