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currying en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkʌɹi.ɪŋ/ (UK)
  • /ˈkɝɹi.ɪŋ/ (US)
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Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of curry
    form of curry

currying en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkʌɹi.ɪŋ/ (UK)
  • /ˈkɝɹi.ɪŋ/ (US)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Named after American mathematician Haskell Curry.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The technique of converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions that each take a single argument.

Forms

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Translations (6)

de Schönfinkeln (computing technique) · fr curryfication (computing technique) · pl rozwijanie funkcji (computing technique) · fi Curry-muunnos (computing technique) · de Currying (computing technique) · ru каррирование (computing technique)