metafunction

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ function.

Noun

metafunction (plural metafunctions)

1. (programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
2. (programming) A construct that performs a mapping between entities at compile time.
3. (linguistics) A group of grammatical systems that make meanings of a related kind.

Related terms

• metafunctional