"negative lookbehind" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: negative lookbehinds [plural]
Etymology: From negative + lookbehind. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|negative|lookbehind}} negative + lookbehind Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} negative lookbehind (countable and uncountable, plural negative lookbehinds)
  1. (regular expressions) The analysis of the preceding characters absence before the regular expression is matched (symbol: ?<!). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Regular expressions Hypernyms (lookaround): lookbehind
    Sense id: en-negative_lookbehind-en-noun-A~wX8FRE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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