syntax tree

ˈsɪn.tæks triː

Definition

Definition of syntax tree - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

computer science

TECH.

diagram used in parsing programming languages

TECH.

The compiler generates a syntax tree for the code.

AST

linguistics

TECH.

hierarchical structure representing sentence syntax

TECH.

The syntax tree shows the sentence's grammatical structure.

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AST

acr.

acr: Abstract Syntax Tree

tree-like structure showing code parts and order

Examples of syntax tree in a sentence

The syntax tree helps in visualizing the code structure.
Linguists often analyze a syntax tree to understand sentence structure.
Creating a syntax tree helps in parsing complex sentences.

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French:arbre syntaxique, arbre grammatical, ...
German:Syntaxbaum, ...
Italian:albero sintattico, ...
Spanish:árbol de sintaxis, estructura sintáctica, ...
Portuguese:árvore de sintaxe, árvore sintática, ...
Chinese:语法树, 句子结构树, ...
Japanese:構文木, 文法ツリー, ...
Arabic:شَجَرَة بِنَاء الجُمْلَة, شجرة تركيب, ...
Hebrew:עֵץ תַּחְבִּיר, ...
Russian:синтаксическое дерево, дерево синтаксиса, ...
Ukrainian:синтаксичне дерево, ...
Hindi:सिंटैक्स ट्री, वाक्य संरचना वृक्ष, ...
Bengali:সিনট্যাক্স ট্রি, ...
Catalan:arbre sintàctic, ...
Czech:strom syntaxe, syntaktický strom, ...
Danish:syntakstræ, ...
Dutch:syntaxisboom, zinstree, ...
Greek:συντακτικό δέντρο, ...
Hungarian:szintaxisfa, ...
Khmer:មែកធាងវាក្យសម្ព័ន្ធ, ដើមឈើវាក្យសម្ពន្ធ, ...
Korean:구문 트리, 구조 나무, ...
Persian:درخت نحو, ...
Polish:drzewo składniowe, ...
Portuguese (BR):árvore sintática, ...
Romanian:arbore sintactic, ...
Swedish:syntaxträd, syntaksträd, ...
Thai:แผนภาพโครงสร้างประโยค, ต้นไม้ไวยากรณ์, ...
Turkish:sözdizimi ağacı, sözdizim ağacı, ...
Vietnamese:cây cú pháp, cấu trúc cú pháp, ...

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