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numeric promotions

numeric promotions is the plural of numeric promotion.

Meaning of numeric promotion

Noun

numeric promotion (plural numeric promotions)

  1. The conversion of a numeric data type into one that can hold more information. For example, the conversion of a long into a double.
    • Numeric promotion is not a general feature of the Java programming language, but rather a property of the specific definitions of the built-in operations.2000, James Gosling, The Java Language Specification, page 78

Questions about numeric promotions

What is numeric promotions the plural of?
Numeric promotions is the plural of numeric promotion.

Words near numeric promotions in the dictionary

  1. numeric complement
  2. numeric complements
  3. numeric keypad
  4. numeric keypads
  5. numeric promotion
  6. numeric promotions
  7. numerical
  8. numerical adjective
  9. numerical adjectives
  10. numerical analysis
  11. numerical control

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Adapted from Wiktionary: numeric promotions (page history and authors); numeric promotion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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