Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upvalue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-val-ue
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A free variable that has been bound (closed over) with a closure.

verb

To assign a higher value to.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The so-called shared upvalues are copied for each function during setup. Afterward, the functions access their own copies of the upvalues. In the Lua reference manual, these are called shared upvalues because they are only pushed onto the stack once and used for all functions to be registered, which is only relevant to API invocations."

Etymology

From up + value.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

upvalues (plural) upvalues (present, singular) upvaluing (participle, present) upvalued (participle, past) upvalued (past)

Questions

What does upvalue mean?: A free variable that has been bound (closed over) with a closure.
Where does upvalue come from?: From up + value.

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