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cadr

/ˈkɑːdə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
cadr
IPA
/ˈkɑːdə/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Initialism of Clean air delivery rate, a measure of cleaned air from air purifiers.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

  • "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."

Etymology

Contraction of car of the cdr.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cadrs (plural)

Derived Forms

caddr

Questions

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

How to pronounce cadr

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