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metatable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
metat-able
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A table (of key-value pairs) associated with another object, which uses the functions (or other data) it contains to define the behaviour of that object under certain conditions.

Etymology

From meta- + table.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

metatables (plural)

Phrases

object-oriented programming

Frequently Paired Words

object-oriented programming

Questions

What does metatable mean?
A table (of key-value pairs) associated with another object, which uses the functions (or other data) it contains to define the behaviour of that object under certain conditions.
Where does metatable come from?
From meta- + table.

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