| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Beta abstraction | Computing | Beta abstraction [lambda-calculus] The conversion of an expression to an application of a lambda abstraction to an argument expression. Some subterm of the original expression becomes the argument of the abstraction and the rest becomes its body. E.g. 4+1 --> (\ x.x+1)4 The opposite of beta abstraction is beta reduction. These are the two kinds of beta conversion. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. | |
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