unambiguous
English
Etymology
Adjective
unambiguous (comparative more unambiguous, superlative most unambiguous)
- clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity
- 1965 July, Donald Knuth, “On the Translation of Languages from Left to Right”, in Information and Control, volume 8, pages 639-707:
- An LR(k) grammar is clearly unambiguous, since the definition
implies every derivation tree must have the same handle, and by induc-
tion there is only one possible tree. It is interesting to point out further-
more that nearly every grammar which is known to be unambiguous is
either an LR(k) grammar, or (dually) is a right-to-left translatable
grammar, or is some grammar which is translated using "both ends to-
ward the middle." Thus, the LR(k) condition may be regarded as the most
powerful general test for nonambiguity that is now available.
- An LR(k) grammar is clearly unambiguous, since the definition
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clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity
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