Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pure virtual method

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: pure vir-tu-al method
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A virtual method having no implementation in a particular class, thus making the class abstract and uninstantiable. It can be overridden in subclasses.

Inflected Forms

pure virtual methods (plural)

Synonyms

pure virtual function

Questions

What does pure virtual method mean?: A virtual method having no implementation in a particular class, thus making the class abstract and uninstantiable. It can be overridden in subclasses.

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