Complete Definition of "lex"

English
wikipedia|Lex programming tool

Etymology
From lexical analysis, from lexical

Pronunciation
IPA|l�ks
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ks|-�ks

Noun
lex

  1. computing A program (originally developed under Unix) involved in lexical analysis -- specifically, a program for generating lexical analyzers.

Verb
lex

  1. computing To lexically analyze a computer program's source code, prior to parse|parsing it.

Latin

Noun
la-noun|l�x|legis|l�gis|f|third

  1. A law

#* w:Publilius Syrus|Publilius Syrus (translation ''Benham's Book of Quotations'' 1948)
#*: Lex universus|universa esse#Latin|est qui#Latin|quae jubere|jubet nasci et#Latin|et mori.
#*:: The universal law is that which ordains that we are to be born and to die.

Inflection
ladecl3
la-decl-3rd|F|l�x|l�g

Derived terms
mos pro lege
legislatio

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