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beta reducing

beta reducing is the present participle and gerund of beta reduce.

Meaning of beta reduce

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;.

Questions about beta reducing

What is beta reducing the present participle and gerund of?
Beta reducing is the present participle and gerund of beta reduce.

Words near beta reducing in the dictionary

  1. beta reader
  2. beta readers
  3. beta reduce
  4. beta reduced
  5. beta reduces
  6. beta reducing
  7. beta reduction
  8. beta reductions
  9. beta sheet
  10. beta sheets
  11. beta strand

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