Metavariable

Quick meaning: Metavariable is a noun meaning (logic) A symbol or string of symbols belonging to a metalanguage and standing for elements of some object language.

Meaning

(logic) A symbol or string of symbols belonging to a metalanguage and standing for elements of some object language.

Example Sentences

The pragmatic process of substitution requires some given context to provide an appropriate substituend for a metavariable projected by a pronoun.

If it is a programming language, it will almost always have its own notion of variables, and hence the distinction between object-language variables and metavariables is useful.

Word Forms

• metavariables

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include attribute, element, sigil, selma'o, token, word.

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