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Chomsky hierarchies

Chomsky hierarchies is the plural of Chomsky hierarchy.

Meaning of Chomsky hierarchy

Noun

Chomsky hierarchy (plural Chomsky hierarchies)

  1. A containment hierarchy of classes of formal grammars. From least to most specialized, the classes are: recursively enumerable, context-sensitive, context-free, and regular.

Questions about Chomsky hierarchies

What is Chomsky hierarchies the plural of?
Chomsky hierarchies is the plural of Chomsky hierarchy.

Words near Chomsky hierarchies in the dictionary

  1. chomps at the bit
  2. chomps down on
  3. chompy
  4. Chomskian
  5. Chomsky
  6. Chomsky hierarchies
  7. Chomsky hierarchy
  8. Chomsky Normal Form
  9. Chomskyan
  10. Chomskyanism
  11. Chomskyans

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