lexical Definition
lexi·cal (lek′si kəl)
adjective
- of a vocabulary, or stock of words, as that of a language; specif., of words as isolated items of vocabulary rather than elements in a grammatical structure
- of, or having the nature of, a lexicon or lexicography
Etymology: ModL lexicalis < Gr lexikon, lexicon
lexical Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- analyzer: By default, the lexical analyzer accepts input from a terminal.
- semantics: This analysis draws heavily on complex semantic types, of the kind that have been used recently in work on lexical semantics.
- morpheme: Lexical morphemes are the " meaty " part of a word that has the clear meaning.
- verb: VVZ the -s form of lexical verbs, e.g. forgets, sends, lives, returns.
- scoping: Lexical scoping is done with my, which works more like C's auto declarations.
- analyzer: The main functions of the lexical analyzer are: To read the source code which is being input for compilation.
Modifying Another Word
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