metastructure

== English == === Etymology === From meta- +‎ structure. === Noun === metastructure (plural metastructures) A structure that describes another structure. (physics) A structure that has one or several properties similar to those of metamaterials 2012 Christos Argyropoulos et al, "Broadband Absorbers and Selective Emitters based on Plasmonic Brewster Metasurfaces" arXiv We discuss the possibility of realizing utlrabroadband[sic] omnidirectional absorbers and angularly selective coherent thermal emitters based on properly patterned plasmonic metastructures. ==== Related terms ==== metastructural