"quasiquote" meaning in English

See quasiquote in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: quasiquotes [present, singular, third-person], quasiquoting [participle, present], quasiquoted [participle, past], quasiquoted [past]
Etymology: From quasi- + quote. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|quasi|quote}} quasi- + quote Head templates: {{en-verb}} quasiquote (third-person singular simple present quasiquotes, present participle quasiquoting, simple past and past participle quasiquoted)
  1. (transitive, computing) To enclose (a text fragment within source code) in a special markup that allows it to be separately parsed to yield a computed output value. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: quasiquotation, quasiquoter

Inflected forms

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