MESO -
Charles François (2004). MESO -, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 2076.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 2076 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences |
A prefix that indicates that some entity corresponds to an intermediate level in a classification .
Such classification can be temporal or spatial.
For ex. “mesolithic” is more recent than paleolithic, but older than neolithic, in archeology.
In space dimensions , meso- is bigger than micro - and smaller then macro -, or mega -. M. BUNGE f. ex. describes a big business or a university as mesosocial systems, inbetween families (micro-social) and transnational businesses or the United Nations (mega-social) (1995, p.35)