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mixins

mixins is the plural of mixin.

Meaning of mixin

Noun

mixin (plural mixins)

  1. (object-oriented programming) An uninstantiable class that provides functionality to be inherited by a subclass.
    • Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin, as an interface contains only method signatures, while a trait includes also the full method definitions; on the other side mixins include method definitions, but they can also carry state through attributes, while traits usually don't.
    Synonyms:
    abstract base class

Questions about mixins

What is mixins the plural of?
Mixins is the plural of mixin.

Words near mixins in the dictionary

  1. mixing time
  2. mixing times
  3. mixing up
  4. mixingness
  5. mixings
  6. mixins
  7. mixis
  8. mixish
  9. mixite
  10. mixites
  11. mixities

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