context-free

English

Etymology

From context +‎ -free.

Adjective

context-free (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) (Of a grammar) which generates sentences in stages, in such a way that at any intermediate stage, any piece of the sentence is enough to determine the corresponding piece at the next stage; that is, the stagewise transformation at a point does not depend on the rest of the sentence
2. (linguistics) (Of a formal language) which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar (sense 1)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “linguistics”): context-sensitive

Translations

linguistics, formal language: which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar

• Finnish: yhteydetön, kontekstivapaa
• German: kontextfrei (de)
• Icelandic: samhengisfrjáls m