Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

numeric promotion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: nu-mer-ic pro-mo-tion
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The conversion of a numeric data type into one that can hold more information. For example, the conversion of a long into a double.

Example Sentences

"Numeric promotion is not a general feature of the Java programming language, but rather a property of the specific definitions of the built-in operations."

Inflected Forms

numeric promotions (plural)

Questions

What does numeric promotion mean?: The conversion of a numeric data type into one that can hold more information. For example, the conversion of a long into a double.

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