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subscope

subscope noun: an inner scope contained within an outer scope.

Noun

subscope (plural subscopes)

  1. An inner scope contained within an outer scope.
    • Do not reuse variable names in subscopes2008, Robert C. Seacord, The Cert C Secure Coding Standard
    • Lastly, a more powerful aggregation operation exploits the hierarchical relation between a scope and its subscopes.2010, Kai Sachs, Ilia Petrov, Pablo Guerrero, From Active Data Management to Event-Based Systems and More, page 286

Forms of subscope

pluralsubscopes

Origin of subscope

From sub- + scope.

Questions about subscope

What does subscope mean?
Subscope means an inner scope contained within an outer scope.
What part of speech is subscope?
Subscope is a noun.
What is the plural of subscope?
The plural of subscope is subscopes.

Words near subscope in the dictionary

  1. subscience
  2. subsciences
  3. subscientific
  4. subscleral
  5. subsclerotic
  6. subscope
  7. subscopes
  8. subscore
  9. subscored
  10. subscores
  11. subscoring

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