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partial application

partial application noun: the process of fixing a number of arguments to a function, producing another function of smaller arity.

Noun

partial application (countable and uncountable, plural partial applications)

  1. The process of fixing a number of arguments to a function, producing another function of smaller arity.

Forms of partial application

pluralpartial applications

Questions about partial application

What does partial application mean?
Partial application means the process of fixing a number of arguments to a function, producing another function of smaller arity.
What part of speech is partial application?
Partial application is a noun.
What is the plural of partial application?
The plural of partial application is partial applications.

Words near partial application in the dictionary

  1. parti-coloured
  2. parti-striped
  3. parti-wall
  4. parti-walls
  5. partial
  6. partial application
  7. partial applications
  8. partial autocorrelation
  9. partial autocorrelations
  10. partial calque
  11. partial calques

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