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Applicative

(grammar) A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.

📖 Definitions of "Applicative"

noun
  1. 1

    (grammar) A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.

adjective
  1. 1

    Having practical application; applicable.

  2. 2

    Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.

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