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regular expression

regular expression noun: a concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of subexpressions.

Noun

regular expression (plural regular expressions)

  1. A concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of subexpressions.
  2. (broadly) Any pattern for text matching or searching, frequently offering more or less functionality than a theoretical regular expression.
    Synonyms:
    regex, regexp

regular expression meaning in Tamil, Persian and Thai

regular expression in Tamil

சுருங்குறித்தொடர், தேடுகுறித்தொடர், செங்குறித்தொடர்

regular expression in Persian

computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched
عبارت باقاعده 'ebârat-e bâqâ'ede

regular expression in Thai

computing: a concise description of a pattern to be matched
นิพจน์ปรกติ, นิพจน์ปกติ

Synonyms of regular expression

Forms of regular expression

pluralregular expressions

Words formed from regular expression

Questions about regular expression

What does regular expression mean?
Regular expression means a concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of subexpressions.
What is regular expression in Tamil?
Regular expression in Tamil is சுருங்குறித்தொடர், தேடுகுறித்தொடர், செங்குறித்தொடர். See Regular expression meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is regular expression?
Regular expression is a noun.
What is the plural of regular expression?
The plural of regular expression is regular expressions.

Words near regular expression in the dictionary

  1. regular continued fractions
  2. regular dividend
  3. regular dividends
  4. regular element
  5. regular elements
  6. regular expression
  7. regular expressions
  8. regular folk
  9. regular folks
  10. regular function
  11. regular functions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: regular expression (page history and authors); regular expression (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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