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referential transparency

referential transparency noun: a property of a linguistic construction where, for any expression built from it, replacing a subexpression with another one that denotes the same value does not change the value of the expression.

Noun

referential transparency (uncountable)

  1. A property of a linguistic construction where, for any expression built from it, replacing a subexpression with another one that denotes the same value does not change the value of the expression.

Antonyms of referential transparency

Questions about referential transparency

What does referential transparency mean?
Referential transparency means a property of a linguistic construction where, for any expression built from it, replacing a subexpression with another one that denotes the same value does not change the value of the expression.
What part of speech is referential transparency?
Referential transparency is a noun.

Words near referential transparency in the dictionary

  1. referendums
  2. referent
  3. referential
  4. referential integrity
  5. referential opacity
  6. referential transparency
  7. referentialism
  8. referentialist
  9. referentialistic
  10. referentialists
  11. referentialities

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