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brzozowski derivative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables
br-zo-zowski deriva-tive
IPA
54
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The set of all strings obtainable from a given set of strings by cutting off a prefix. For example, for the set { cat, cow, dog }, the Brzozowski derivative with respect to c is { at, ow }. They have applications in regular expressions.

Etymology

Named after the computer scientist Janusz Brzozowski, who investigated its properties.

Inflected Forms

Brzozowski derivatives (plural)

Questions

What does brzozowski derivative mean?
The set of all strings obtainable from a given set of strings by cutting off a prefix. For example, for the set { cat, cow, dog }, the Brzozowski derivative with respect to c is { at, ow }. They have applications in regular expressions.
Where does brzozowski derivative come from?
Named after the computer scientist Janusz Brzozowski, who investigated its properties.

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