built-in function
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbuilt-inandfunction
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built-in
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌbɪltˈɪn/us/ˌbɪltˈɪn/
If a place or piece of equipment has built-in objects, they are permanently connected and cannot be ...
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function
noun
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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(Definition ofbuilt-inandfunctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They may then use the function like any otherbuilt-infunction.
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It is not abuilt-infunction, but a predicate which allows the expression of a rule.
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Again, the modeling environment has abuilt-infunctionto define and solve this class of mechanical coupling.
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There is also abuilt-infunctionwhich both spawns a process and links to it as a single atomic action.
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Because of the prevalence of this class of joint within mechanism systems, abuilt-infunctionhas been defined within the language.
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There is nobuilt-infunctionfor computing the size of an array.
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If a call to thebuilt-infunctionthrow is evaluated, then the value thrown is returned; thus catch 2*throw(42) returns 42.
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When a triple can be evaluated, or a variable bound because its predicate is abuilt-infunction, then the derivation of the statement is said to be by calculated derivation.
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In addition to somebuilt-infunctionsymbols for arithmetic and for constructing and performing operations on sets and sequences, functional terms can be built using function symbols from an ontology.
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It is a basic tool of computer algebra, and is abuilt-infunctionof most computer algebra systems.
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Web-based configuration assistants constraint in block s, the following built-in functions are used, depending on the constraint type.
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One can make use of a whole range of built-in functions dealing with lists (and with tuples, the subject of the next chapter).
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A policy module specifies the allowable built-in functions for all the processes running at a node.
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However, negated forms of many of the built-in functions are available.
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A complete list of built-in functions is presented at the end of the book.
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If desired, one may add appropriate built-in functions to facilitate the manipulation of such integers.
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This would be broken if a special syntax were added for built-in functions and operators.
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It may use previously computed strictness knowledge about o functions and strictness of built-in functions.
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