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beta reduce

beta reduce verb: to syntactically replace a function call by the result of calling that function.

Verb

beta reduce (third-person singular simple present beta reduces, present participle beta reducing, simple past and past participle beta reduced)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To syntactically replace a function call by the result of calling that function.
    • The term (#92;lambdax.#92;,x)#92;,y can beta reduce to y#92;#33;.

Forms of beta reduce

third-person singular presentbeta reduces
present participlebeta reducing
past participlebeta reduced
pastbeta reduced

Questions about beta reduce

What does beta reduce mean?
Beta reduce means to syntactically replace a function call by the result of calling that function.
What part of speech is beta reduce?
Beta reduce is a verb.
What is the past tense of beta reduce?
The past tense of beta reduce is beta reduced.

Words near beta reduce in the dictionary

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  2. beta ray
  3. beta rays
  4. beta reader
  5. beta readers
  6. beta reduce
  7. beta reduced
  8. beta reduces
  9. beta reducing
  10. beta reduction
  11. beta reductions

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