For example, 1234, 68 and 12789 are all metadromes in base 10.
If we allow the digits of a metadrome to be non-strictly increasing (i.e., nondecreasing, like in 1334558 or 2222, we obtain the plaindromes.
Similarly, the numbers whose digits are nonincreasing and strictly increasing are called nialpdromes and katadromes, respectively.
The total number metadromes in base is equal to , hence in base 10 there are metadromes, from 0 to 123456789.
is the largest metadromic prime whose index is a metadrome too.
The first metadromes (in base 10) are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34 more terms