"regular expression" meaning in English

See regular expression in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: regular expression
Etymology: : regular expression < → δείτε τις λέξεις regular και expression
  1. η κανονική έκφραση
    Sense id: el-regular_expression-en-noun-XCq5N8zJ Categories (other): Κανονικές εκφράσεις (αγγλικά), Πληροφορική (αγγλικά)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: regex, regexp
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "δείτε επίσης: regular expression στην αγγλική Βικιπαίδεια"
        }
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      "word": "regex"
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  "etymology_text": ": regular expression < → δείτε τις λέξεις regular και expression",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "regular expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Κανονικές εκφράσεις (αγγλικά)",
        "Πληροφορική (αγγλικά)"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "δείτε επίσης: regular expression στην αγγλική Βικιπαίδεια"
        }
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    {
      "word": "regex"
    },
    {
      "word": "regexp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "regular expression"
}

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