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anamorphism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌænəˈmɔɹfɪzəm/ (General-American)
  • /ˌænəˈmɔːfɪzəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)der. English ana- English morphism English anamorphism From ana- (“up”) + morphism.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:functional programming) A generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras.

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