Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caddr

/ˈkɑːdədə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cad-dr
IPA: /ˈkɑːdədə/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Car of the cdr of the cdr in Lisp. The third element in a list.

Example Sentences

"Following the SEL in the control list are two elements (the cadr and caddr of the C list), both of which are themselves lists of instructions."
"For example, in a procedure that manipulates a list data stream, we might know that the mode of the car of the list (that is the current message) is the same mode as the cadr (second message), caddr (third message), etc."
"If we let x denote the tree (1 2 3), then the car of x is 1, the cdr of x is (2 3), the cadr of x is 2, the caddr of x is 3, and the cdddr of x is nil."
"In effect, lazy evaluation would force things to happen in the proper order: The car of output is the first prompt. The cadr of output is the first square, a value that requires evaluation of the car of input. The caddr of output is the second prompt."

Etymology

Contraction of car of the cdr of the cdr.

Inflected Forms

caddrs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce caddr?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑːdədə/.
What does caddr mean?: Car of the cdr of the cdr in Lisp. The third element in a list.
Where does caddr come from?: Contraction of car of the cdr of the cdr.

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