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Concatenative

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1:

Relating to or involving concatenation, the action of linking things together.

Example Sentence: The concatenative approach in programming allows for the combination of smaller functions to create more complex ones.

Sense 2:

Characterized by the process of concatenating or joining separate elements to form a whole.

Example Sentence: The concatenative style of music composition incorporates the layering of various melodies to build a cohesive piece.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1:

A linguistic term used to describe a language that forms words primarily through the process of concatenation.

Example Sentence: In a concatenative language, words are created by combining smaller morphemes together.

Sense 2:

In computer programming, a concatenative language is a programming language that uses concatenation exclusively.

Example Sentence: Forth and Joy are examples of concatenative programming languages.

Part of Speech: Adverb

Sense 1:

Describing an action or process that involves the act of concatenating.

Example Sentence: The code was written concatenatively, linking various modules to create a larger program.

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