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post-decrement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
post-decre-ment
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A decrement operation that takes place after evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being decremented.

verb

To perform such an operation upon.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English decrement English post-decrement From post- + decrement.

Usage

Inflected Forms

post-decrements (plural) post-decrements (present, singular) post-decrementing (participle, present) post-decremented (participle, past) post-decremented (past)

Questions

What does post-decrement mean?
A decrement operation that takes place after evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being decremented.
Where does post-decrement come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English decrement English post-decrement From post- + decrement.

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