typeclass

English

Etymology

From type +‎ class.

Noun

typeclass (plural typeclasses)

1. Alternative spelling of type class
   • 2021, Martin Odersky et al., chapter 23, in Programming in Scala, 5th edition, Artima, →ISBN:

     As mentioned in Section 21.4, typeclasses support ad hoc polymorphism, which means that functions can be used with a particular, enumerated set of types.

Usage notes

Sometimes used to avoid confusion with the more general class concept in object-oriented programming.