constructor
English
editEtymology
editFrom Medieval Latin cōnstrūctor, from Latin cōnstruō (“to build”). By surface analysis, construct + -or.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈstɹʌktɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈstɹʌktə/
- Hyphenation: con‧struct‧or
Noun
editconstructor (plural constructors)
- A person who, or thing that, constructs.
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 134:
- All this time the great work over which South Australia was spending large sums of money, aided by unceasing efforts on the part of her telegraph constructors, was going on.
- (automotive) A company or individual who builds racing vehicles. In Formula One, constructor status is strictly defined by the rules, but in other motorsports the term is merely a descriptor. Depending on the racing rules, some constructors (e.g. Cosworth) may provide vehicles to racing teams who are not themselves constructors, while others are both teams and constructors (Ducati Corse, Scuderia Ferrari).
- (object-oriented programming) A class method that creates and initializes each instance of an object.
Antonyms
editHyponyms
edit- (object-oriented programming): copy constructor, default constructor, empty constructor, nullary constructor
Related terms
edit- (object-oriented programming): constructorless
Translations
editone who constructs
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in object oriented programming: code that creates objects
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Further reading
edit- constructor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French constructeur.
Noun
editconstructor m (plural constructori)
Declension
editDeclension of constructor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) constructor | constructorul | (niște) constructori | constructorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) constructor | constructorului | (unor) constructori | constructorilor |
vocative | constructorule | constructorilor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin cōnstructor (“builder”), from Latin cōnstruere (“build, pile together”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editconstructor (feminine constructora, masculine plural constructores, feminine plural constructoras)
Noun
editconstructor m (plural constructores, feminine constructora, feminine plural constructoras)
Further reading
edit- “constructor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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