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protosyntax

protosyntax noun: that part of syntax that omits membership.

Noun

protosyntax (uncountable)

  1. That part of syntax that omits membership.
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Origin of protosyntax

From proto- + syntax.

Questions about protosyntax

What does protosyntax mean?
Protosyntax means that part of syntax that omits membership.
What part of speech is protosyntax?
Protosyntax is a noun.

Words near protosyntax in the dictionary

  1. protosynaptic
  2. protosyncelli
  3. protosyncellus
  4. protosyntactic
  5. protosyntactical
  6. protosyntax
  7. prototetrapod
  8. prototetrapods
  9. protothecan
  10. protothecans
  11. protothecoide

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