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left recursion

left recursion noun: the case in which a string (in a language) may be decomposed to another string and a suffix.

Noun

left recursion (uncountable)

  1. The case in which a string (in a language) may be decomposed to another string and a suffix

Questions about left recursion

What does left recursion mean?
Left recursion means the case in which a string (in a language) may be decomposed to another string and a suffix.
What part of speech is left recursion?
Left recursion is a noun.

Words near left recursion in the dictionary

  1. left outer join
  2. left outer joins
  3. left over
  4. left peripheries
  5. left periphery
  6. left recursion
  7. left shift
  8. left shifted
  9. left shifting
  10. left shifts
  11. left someone cold

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