no-op
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instruction or operation that has no effect; a null operation.
adj
Having chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
noun
A transgender or transsexual person who has chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
Example Sentences
- "Points may be coincident and the number of specified points can be zero, in which case the function is a no-op."
- "A JMP instruction qualifies as a no-op in this sense."
- "Both ‘no-op’ interviewees hold relatively stable identities as TG and offer interesting perspectives on trans repudiation from a TG standpoint."
- "At the time of the interviews, nineteen of the twenty interviewees were taking hormones; five were pre-operative; thirteen were postoperative; and two were ‘no-ops’ (no surgery intended at the time of interview)."