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autovivify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
au-to-viv-i-fy
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

In the Perl programming language, to create an array or hash automatically when a previously undefined value is dereferenced.

Etymology

From auto- + vivify.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

autovivifies (present, singular) autovivifying (participle, present) autovivified (participle, past) autovivified (past)

Frequently Paired Words

autovivification

Questions

What does autovivify mean?
In the Perl programming language, to create an array or hash automatically when a previously undefined value is dereferenced.
Where does autovivify come from?
From auto- + vivify.

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