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context-sensitive grammar

context-sensitive grammar noun: a formal grammar in which the left-hand sides and right-hand sides of any production rules may be surrounded by a context of terminal and nonterminal symbols.

Noun

context-sensitive grammar (countable and uncountable, plural context-sensitive grammars)

  1. (formal language theory) A formal grammar in which the left-hand sides and right-hand sides of any production rules may be surrounded by a context of terminal and nonterminal symbols.

Forms of context-sensitive grammar

pluralcontext-sensitive grammars

Questions about context-sensitive grammar

What does context-sensitive grammar mean?
Context-sensitive grammar means a formal grammar in which the left-hand sides and right-hand sides of any production rules may be surrounded by a context of terminal and nonterminal symbols.
What part of speech is context-sensitive grammar?
Context-sensitive grammar is a noun.
What is the plural of context-sensitive grammar?
The plural of context-sensitive grammar is context-sensitive grammars.

Words near context-sensitive grammar in the dictionary

  1. context-free grammar
  2. context-free grammars
  3. context-free language
  4. context-free languages
  5. context-sensitive
  6. context-sensitive grammar
  7. context-sensitive grammars
  8. contexted
  9. contextful
  10. contextfulness
  11. contexting

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