currying

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɝɹi.ɪŋ/
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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʌɹi.ɪŋ/
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Etymology 1

Verb

currying

  1. present participle and gerund of curry

Etymology 2

Named after American mathematician Haskell Curry.

Noun

currying (countable and uncountable, plural curryings)

  1. (computing) The technique of converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions that each take a single argument.
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