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twigil

twigil noun: a character prepended to a variable name to indicate its scope.

Noun

twigil (plural twigils)

  1. (Perl language) A character prepended to a variable name to indicate its scope.

Forms of twigil

pluraltwigils

Origin of twigil

Blend of twin + sigil.

Questions about twigil

What does twigil mean?
Twigil means a character prepended to a variable name to indicate its scope.
What part of speech is twigil?
Twigil is a noun.
What is the plural of twigil?
The plural of twigil is twigils.

Words near twigil in the dictionary

  1. twigging
  2. Twiggs
  3. Twiggs County
  4. twiggy
  5. twight
  6. twigil
  7. twigils
  8. twigless
  9. twiglet
  10. twiglets
  11. twiglike

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