Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

star height

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables
star height
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of the structural complexity of a regular expression, equal to the maximum nesting depth of stars in the expression.

Etymology

From the Kleene star and the idea of nested levels having a "height"; coined in 1963 by Lawrence C Eggan.

Inflected Forms

star heights (plural)

Questions

What does star height mean?
A measure of the structural complexity of a regular expression, equal to the maximum nesting depth of stars in the expression.
Where does star height come from?
From the Kleene star and the idea of nested levels having a "height"; coined in 1963 by Lawrence C Eggan.

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