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Definition of Metarule
1. Noun. A rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI).
Definition of Metarule
1. Noun. A rule that governs the application of other rules. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metarule
Literary usage of Metarule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macauley Tevelyan (1861)
"... WAS v» be chosen by the members : *nd the only metarule man who had a chance •of
being chose« was Tillotson. It had in fact « In several ..."
2. The Denotation of Generic Terms in Ancient Indian Philosophy: Grammar, Nyāya by Peter M. Scharf (1996)
"Based on the assumption that 1.2.64 applies only to speech units whose form is
the same, by applying the metarule 1.1.49 by which 1.2.64 would be a ..."
3. Empowering Families, Helping Adolescents: Family-Centered Treatment of edited by Wendy Snyder (1996)
"The family's pattern over time reflects its larger metarule, that is, a rule for
making and changing rules. Communications: Family members perpetuate these ..."
4. Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880 by Thomas Johnson Michie, Thomas Jefferson, Peachy Ridgway Grattan (1903)
"3. SIGNATURE BY INITIAL.—Quart: If the signing of the paper with the initial of
his name Is a sufficient signing by the testator. metarule v. Me- Bride. ..."
5. Heat Treatment of Soft and Medium Steels: Theory and Practice of the by Federico Giolitti (1921)
"... but if quenching be defined as the more or less complete suppression of the
normal processes which precipitate and segregate the metarule stable at ..."