"shallow-copy" meaning in English

See shallow-copy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: shallow-copies [present, singular, third-person], shallow-copying [participle, present], shallow-copied [participle, past], shallow-copied [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} shallow-copy (third-person singular simple present shallow-copies, present participle shallow-copying, simple past and past participle shallow-copied)
  1. (transitive) To make a shallow copy of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-shallow-copy-en-verb-dbi~mmxk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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