Meta分析中文译为“荟萃分析”，定义是“The statistical analysis of large collection of analysis results from individual studies for the purpose of integrating the findings.”中文译为对具备特定条件的、同课题的诸多研究结果进行综合的一类统计方法。
“Meta logica branch of analytic philosophy that deals with the critical examination of the basic concepts of logic”；
“Meta mathematicsthe philosophy of mathematics，especially，the logical syntax of mathematics”；
“Meta sciencea theory or science of science，a theory concerned with the investigation, analysis, or description of theory itself.”（一种科学中的科学或理论，一种对原理本身进行调查、分析和描述的原理。）
