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pseudolanguages

pseudolanguages is the plural of pseudolanguage.

Meaning of pseudolanguage

Noun

pseudolanguage (countable and uncountable, plural pseudolanguages)

  1. Something written or spoken that resembles language but is not a true language.
    • Some mediums have spoken in elaborate pseudolanguages while in a state of trance.1991, Leslie Shepard, Lewis Spence, Nandor Fodor, Encyclopedia of occultism and parapsychology, page 540
  2. (countable) A means of describing an algorithm in human terms, without the use of a true programming language.
    • State what will be printed by the following code fragment written in a pseudolanguage permitting reference parameters (assume Y and J are passed by reference).2010, Maurizio Gabbrielli, Simone Martini, Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms, page 194

Questions about pseudolanguages

What is pseudolanguages the plural of?
Pseudolanguages is the plural of pseudolanguage.

Words near pseudolanguages in the dictionary

  1. pseudolabium
  2. pseudolalia
  3. pseudolandmark
  4. pseudolandmarks
  5. pseudolanguage
  6. pseudolanguages
  7. pseudolatex
  8. pseudolatexes
  9. pseudolatry
  10. pseudolaueite
  11. pseudolaumontite

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