Metatype
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Metatype is a noun meaning (biology) A topotype of a species which is confirmed as belonging to that species by the author who originally described it.
Meaning
(biology) A topotype of a species which is confirmed as belonging to that species by the author who originally described it.
More Meanings
- (programming) The type of a type.
Example Sentences
The Type suffix specifies that this variable will be a metatype and not an object (meaning the implementation class and not an instance of it).
You can use a variable reference to a type (a metatype) to instantiate that type, but you can't just append parentheses to a variable reference: […]
Word Forms
- metatypes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lectotype, hypotype, topotype, neotype, paratopotype, homeotype.
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