"anamorphism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: anamorphisms [plural]
Etymology: From ana- (“up”) + morphism. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ana-|morphism|t1=up}} ana- (“up”) + morphism Head templates: {{en-noun}} anamorphism (plural anamorphisms)
  1. (functional programming) A generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras. Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: anamorphic

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