A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.

plural of metate

(programming, Lua) A table (of key-value pairs) containing references to functions that dictate certain behaviours of an object.

plural of metatable

(chemistry) Describing isothermal reversible transformation of a solid mixture phase into a different solid phase plus a liquid phase during cooling; i.e. a partial melting during cooling

peritectoid

Of or relating to metatexite.

plural of metatexite

plural of metatergite

The tergite of a metazonite