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Syntax : (noun)
1: the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences [syn: sentence
structure, phrase structure]
2: a systematic orderly arrangement
3: studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Syntax : \Syn"tax\, n. [L. syntaxis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to put together
in order; sy`n with _ ? to put in order; cf. F. syntaxe. See
Syn-, and Tactics.]
1. Connected system or order; union of things; a number of
things jointed together; organism. [Obs.]
They owe no other dependence to the first than what
is common to the whole syntax of beings. --Glanvill.
2. That part of grammar which treats of the construction of
sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in
their necessary relations, according to established usage
in any language.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Syntax :
The structure of strings in some language. A language's
syntax is described by a grammar. For example, the syntax
of a binary number could be expressed as
binary_number = bit [ binary_number ]
bit = "0" | "1"
meaning that a binary number is a bit optionally followed by a
binary number and a bit is a literal zero or one digit.
The meaning of the language is given by its semantics.
See also abstract syntax, concrete syntax.
(1994-10-31)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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