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post-increment

post-increment noun: an increment operation that takes place after evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented.

Noun

post-increment (plural post-increments)

  1. An increment operation that takes place after evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented.

Verb

post-increment (third-person singular simple present post-increments, present participle post-incrementing, simple past and past participle post-incremented)

  1. (transitive) To perform such an operation upon.

Forms of post-increment

Noun
pluralpost-increments
Verb
third-person singular presentpost-increments
present participlepost-incrementing
past participlepost-incremented
pastpost-incremented

Origin of post-increment

From post- + increment.

Questions about post-increment

What does post-increment mean?
Post-increment means an increment operation that takes place after evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented.
What part of speech is post-increment?
Post-increment can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of post-increment?
The plural of post-increment is post-increments.

Words near post-increment in the dictionary

  1. post-humously
  2. post-hyperventilation
  3. post-ideological
  4. post-impressionism
  5. post-impressionisms
  6. post-increment
  7. post-incremented
  8. post-incrementing
  9. post-increments
  10. post-industrialisation
  11. post-industrialization

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