"currying" meaning in English

See currying in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɝɹi.ɪŋ/ [US], /ˈkʌɹi.ɪŋ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-currying.wav [Southern-England] Forms: curryings [plural]
Etymology: Named after American mathematician Haskell Curry. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|mathematician||||}} mathematician, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Haskell Curry}} Haskell Curry, {{named-after|en|Haskell Curry|nat=American|occ=mathematician|wplink==}} Named after American mathematician Haskell Curry Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} currying (countable and uncountable, plural curryings)
  1. (computing) The technique of converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions that each take a single argument. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing technique): Curry-muunnos (Finnish), curryfication (French), Currying [neuter] (German), Schönfinkeln [neuter] (German), rozwijanie funkcji (Polish), каррирование (karrirovanije) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-currying-en-noun-ufHRy9Xd Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɝɹi.ɪŋ/ [US], /ˈkʌɹi.ɪŋ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-currying.wav [Southern-England]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} currying
  1. present participle and gerund of curry Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: curry
    Sense id: en-currying-en-verb-VwE~YrXK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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