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multiple inheritance

multiple inheritance noun: the ability to inherit from more than one superclass in a single subclass.

Noun

multiple inheritance (uncountable)

  1. (object-oriented programming) The ability to inherit from more than one superclass in a single subclass.

Antonyms of multiple inheritance

  • single inheritance

Questions about multiple inheritance

What does multiple inheritance mean?
Multiple inheritance means the ability to inherit from more than one superclass in a single subclass.
What part of speech is multiple inheritance?
Multiple inheritance is a noun.

Words near multiple inheritance in the dictionary

  1. multiple expansions
  2. multiple exposure
  3. multiple exposures
  4. multiple fruit
  5. multiple fruits
  6. multiple inheritance
  7. multiple intelligences
  8. multiple level
  9. multiple levels
  10. multiple myeloma
  11. multiple myelomas

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