Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metaclass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: meta-class
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A class that serves as a template for other classes rather than objects.

Example Sentences

"That is, all metaclasses (such as Collection class, Object class and Set class) are instances of the class Metaclass. This is because all metaclasses have the same behavior. They define the structure, definition and behavior of a class."
"First, the class can explicitly specify its metaclass by either setting a __metaclass__ class variable (Python 2), or supplying the metaclass keyword argument in the tuple of base classes (Python 3)."

Etymology

From meta- + class.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: meta

Inflected Forms

metaclasses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

metatype

Questions

What does metaclass mean?: A class that serves as a template for other classes rather than objects.
Where does metaclass come from?: From meta- + class.

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