# metalearning

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A branch of metacognition concerned with learning about one's own learning and learning processes.
2. A form of machine learning where automatic learning algorithms are applied to metadata about machine learning experiments, so that the machine learns how to learn.
3. A certain theory about how neurotransmitters facilitate distributed learning mechanisms.

## Etymology
From meta- + learning.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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