Meta分析中文譯為“薈萃分析”,定義是“The statistical analysis of large collection of analysis results from individual studies for the purpose of integrating the findings.”中文譯為:對具備特定條件的、同課題的諸多研究結果進行綜合的一類統計方法。
“Meta logic:a branch of analytic philosophy that deals with the critical examination of the basic concepts of logic”;
“Meta mathematics:the philosophy of mathematics,especially,the logical syntax of mathematics”;
“Meta science:a theory or science of science,a theory concerned with the investigation, analysis, or description of theory itself.”(一種科學中的科學或理論,一種對原理本身進行調查、分析和描述的原理。)