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Word: Metadata
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1960s: from meta-+ data
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɛtəˌdeɪtə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a set of data that describes and gives information about other data.
Short Definition:set of data that describes and gives information about other data