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classical inheritance

classical inheritance noun: concept of inheritance where parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclasses.

Noun

classical inheritance (uncountable)

  1. (object-oriented programming) concept of inheritance where parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclasses

Questions about classical inheritance

What does classical inheritance mean?
Classical inheritance means concept of inheritance where parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclasses.
What part of speech is classical inheritance?
Classical inheritance is a noun.

Words near classical inheritance in the dictionary

  1. classical guitarist
  2. classical guitarists
  3. classical guitars
  4. classical hadrodynamics
  5. Classical Hebrew
  6. classical inheritance
  7. Classical Irish
  8. Classical Japanese
  9. classical language
  10. classical languages
  11. Classical Latin

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