transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈfi-ziks ]
noun plural but singular in construction
Etymology: Medieval Latin Metaphysica, title of Aristotle's treatise on the subject, from Greek ( ta ) meta ( ta ) physika, literally, the (works) after the physical (works); from its position in his collected works
Date: 1569
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(1) : a division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being and that includes ontology, cosmology, and often epistemology
(2) : ontology 2
b. : abstract philosophical studies : a study of what is outside objective experience
2. : metaphysic 2