"lexical analysis" meaning in English

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      "form": "lexical analyses",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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            "Sciences",
            "Technology",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "lex"
        },
        {
          "word": "lexer"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "While it's often not difficult to identify tokens while parsing, having a separate stage for lexical analysis simplifies the structure of your compiler."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens; normally to simplify parsing."
      ],
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          "computer science",
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        [
          "conversion",
          "conversion"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "token",
          "token"
        ],
        [
          "simplify",
          "simplify"
        ],
        [
          "parsing",
          "parsing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computer science) The conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens; normally to simplify parsing."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "lexical analyzer"
        },
        {
          "word": "parsing"
        },
        {
          "word": "semantic analysis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computer",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "science",
        "sciences"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lesgreining"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens",
          "word": "analiză lexicală"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lexical analysis"
}

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    {
      "word": "lexer"
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      "form": "lexical analyses",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "lexical analyzer"
    },
    {
      "word": "parsing"
    },
    {
      "word": "semantic analysis"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Computer science"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "While it's often not difficult to identify tokens while parsing, having a separate stage for lexical analysis simplifies the structure of your compiler."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens; normally to simplify parsing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computer science",
          "computer science"
        ],
        [
          "conversion",
          "conversion"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "token",
          "token"
        ],
        [
          "simplify",
          "simplify"
        ],
        [
          "parsing",
          "parsing"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computer science) The conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens; normally to simplify parsing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computer",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lesgreining"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens",
      "word": "analiză lexicală"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lexical analysis"
}