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bottom type

bottom type noun: the type that is a subtype of all other types.

Noun

bottom type (plural bottom types)

  1. (type theory) The type that is a subtype of all other types.
    • A new notion to many Java developers will be the idea that a class hierarchy can have common bottom types. These are types that are subtypes of all types. Scala's types Null and Nothing are both bottom types.2017, Toby Weston, Scala for Java Developers: A Practical Primer, Apress, →ISBN, page 25

Forms of bottom type

pluralbottom types

Questions about bottom type

What does bottom type mean?
Bottom type means the type that is a subtype of all other types.
What part of speech is bottom type?
Bottom type is a noun.
What is the plural of bottom type?
The plural of bottom type is bottom types.

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