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cons en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of con
    form of con

cons en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɑnz/
  • /ˈkɑns/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Clipping of construct.

Meanings

  1. A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
conses Number=Plur lexicographic

Meronyms

car · cdr

Synonyms

cons cell

cons en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɑnz/
  • /ˈkɑns/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Clipping of construct.

Meanings

  1. To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
    • This version of length arises naturally from the recursive definition of a list: “a list is either the empty list or an element consed onto another list.” 1992, Peter Norvig, Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 62:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
consed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
consed Tense=Past lexicographic
consing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
conses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

cons en · VERB · etymology 3

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of con
    form of con