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rest operator

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
rest -op-er-a-tor
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An operator that collapses a number of individual values into an array.

Etymology

From rest (“that which remains”), as it is often used to provide the last few arguments to a function call.

Inflected Forms

rest operators (plural)

Phrases

rest parameter

Frequently Paired Words

rest parameter spread operator

Questions

What does rest operator mean?
An operator that collapses a number of individual values into an array.
Where does rest operator come from?
From rest (“that which remains”), as it is often used to provide the last few arguments to a function call.

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