"context-free" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From context + -free. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|context|free}} context + -free Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=context-free}} context-free (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) (Of a grammar) which generates sentences in stages, in such a way that at any intermediate stage, any piece of the sentence is enough to determine the corresponding piece at the next stage; that is, the stagewise transformation at a point does not depend on the rest of the sentence Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-context-free-en-adj-5FtxOcL8 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics) (Of a formal language) which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar (sense 1) Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Logic, Mathematics, Theory of computing Translations (linguistics, formal language: which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar): yhteydetön (Finnish), kontekstivapaa (Finnish), kontextfrei (German), samhengisfrjáls [masculine] (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-context-free-en-adj-1EtGP-q1 Disambiguation of Logic: 18 82 Disambiguation of Mathematics: 20 80 Disambiguation of Theory of computing: 21 79 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -free, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -free: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 16 84 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linguistics, formal language: which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar': 6 94
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