hygienic
/haɪˈd͡ʒiːnɪk/
hygienic adjective: pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.
Adjective
hygienic (comparative more hygienic, superlative most hygienic)
- Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.
- Whose expansion is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.
- Of course, anyone with a Scheme background is probably howling at this point because they have a hygienic macro system that makes unintended variable capture impossible. Allowing variable capture when we really, really want it makes Clojure's macro system technically more dangerous than hygienic...2014, Colin Jones, Mastering Clojure Macros: Write Cleaner, Faster, Smarter Code, Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN
hygienic meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Indonesian and Thai
hygienic in Tamil
- தூய்மையான, தூய்மையுள்ள
hygienic in Malayalam
- pertaining to hygiene
- ശുചിത്വമുള്ള śucitvamuḷḷa, ശുചിയായ śuciyāya
hygienic in Indonesian
- pertaining to hygiene
- higienis
hygienic in Thai
- pertaining to hygiene
- อนามัย à-naa-mai
Antonyms of hygienic
Forms of hygienic
| comparative | more hygienic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hygienic |
Origin of hygienic
From French hygiénique. Displaced earlier hygienal.
Words formed from hygienic
Words that rhyme with hygienic
Questions about hygienic
- What does hygienic mean?
- Hygienic means pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.
- What is hygienic in Tamil?
- Hygienic in Tamil is தூய்மையான, தூய்மையுள்ள. See Hygienic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hygienic?
- Hygienic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hygienic?
- Hygienic is pronounced /haɪˈd͡ʒiːnɪk/.
Words near hygienic in the dictionary
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