cons

See also: Cons

English

Etymology 1

Noun

cons

1. plural of con

Etymology 2

Diagram for the list (42 69 613). The car of the first cons is 42, and the cdr points the next cons. The list has three conses.

Clipping of construct.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnz/, /ˈkɑns/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑnz, -ɑns

Noun

cons (plural conses)

1. (computer science, programming) A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

   Synonym: cons cell

   Meronyms: car, cdr

Verb

cons (third-person singular simple present conses, present participle consing, simple past and past participle consed)

1. (programming) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
   • 1992, Peter Norvig, Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 62:

     This version of length arises naturally from the recursive definition of a list: “a list is either the empty list or an element consed onto another list.”

Etymology 3

Verb

cons

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of con

Anagrams

• CNOs, NCOs, NOCs, OCNs, ONCs, ONSC, scon

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈkuns]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkons]

Noun

cons

1. plural of con

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

cons m

1. plural of con

Galician

Noun

cons

1. plural of con