"minheap" meaning in English

See minheap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: minheaps [plural]
Etymology: Blend of minimum + heap. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|minimum|heap}} Blend of minimum + heap Head templates: {{en-noun}} minheap (plural minheaps)
  1. (computing theory) A heap data structure with a "greater than or equal to" comparison function. Categories (topical): Theory of computing Related terms: maxheap

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "minimum",
        "3": "heap"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of minimum + heap",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of minimum + heap.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minheaps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "minheap (plural minheaps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English blends",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Theory of computing",
          "orig": "en:Theory of computing",
          "parents": [
            "Computer science",
            "Computing",
            "Sciences",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Minheaps are often used to implement priority queues.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A heap data structure with a \"greater than or equal to\" comparison function."
      ],
      "id": "en-minheap-en-noun-ov9YuDmB",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "theory",
          "theory"
        ],
        [
          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "data structure",
          "data structure"
        ],
        [
          "comparison",
          "comparison"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing theory) A heap data structure with a \"greater than or equal to\" comparison function."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "maxheap"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "computing-theory",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "minheap"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "minimum",
        "3": "heap"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of minimum + heap",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of minimum + heap.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minheaps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "minheap (plural minheaps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "maxheap"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English blends",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Theory of computing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Minheaps are often used to implement priority queues.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A heap data structure with a \"greater than or equal to\" comparison function."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "theory",
          "theory"
        ],
        [
          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "data structure",
          "data structure"
        ],
        [
          "comparison",
          "comparison"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing theory) A heap data structure with a \"greater than or equal to\" comparison function."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "computing-theory",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "minheap"
}

Download raw JSONL data for minheap meaning in English (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (bb46d54 and 0c3c9f6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.