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ur-type

ur-type noun: a basic, primitive, or original type; prototype.

Noun

ur-type (plural ur-types)

  1. A basic, primitive, or original type; prototype.
    • The simple ur-type is the value of the primitive type definition and base type definition properties of a simple type if—and only ... No simple types not defined in the Schema Recommendation may be directly derived from the simple ur-type.2003, Cliff Binstock, The XML Schema Complete Reference
    • The array in the following example is of type ur-type, which is the base type of all the other XML schema types. The ur-type is analogous to the Object type in Java.2004, Richard Monson-Haefel, J2EE Web services

Forms of ur-type

pluralur-types
alternative formurtype

Origin of ur-type

From ur- (“original”) + type.

Questions about ur-type

What does ur-type mean?
Ur-type means a basic, primitive, or original type; prototype.
What part of speech is ur-type?
Ur-type is a noun.
What is the plural of ur-type?
The plural of ur-type is ur-types.

Words near ur-type in the dictionary

  1. ur-sciences
  2. ur-source
  3. ur-sources
  4. ur-text
  5. ur-texts
  6. ur-type
  7. ur-types
  8. ur-word
  9. ur-words
  10. URA
  11. Urabunna

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