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metatype en · NOUN

Etymology

From meta- + type.

Meanings

1. A topotype of a species which is confirmed as belonging to that species by the author who originally described it
2. The type of a type.
   • You can use a variable reference to a type (a metatype) to instantiate that type, but you can't just append parentheses to a variable reference: […] 2019, Matt Neuburg, iOS 13 Programming Fundamentals with Swift […] , O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 186:
   • The Type suffix specifies that this variable will be a metatype and not an object (meaning the implementation class and not an instance of it). 2015, Adam Freeman, Pro Design Patterns in Swift, Apress, →ISBN, page 199:

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