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metalanguage

A language used to describe another language.

metalanguage [′med·ə‚laŋ·gwij]
(computer science)
A programming language that uses symbols to represent the syntax of other programming languages, and is used chiefly to write compilers for those languages.
1.metalanguage - [theorem proving] A language in which proofs are manipulated and tactics are programmed, as opposed to the logic itself (the "object language"). The first ML was the metalanguage for the Edinburgh LCF proof assistant.
2.metalanguage - [logic] A language in which to discuss the truth of statements in another language.


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