context-free


con·text–free

adj \ˈkän-ˌtekst-ˈfrē\

Definition of CONTEXT-FREE

: of, relating to, or being a grammar or language based on rules that describe a change in a string without reference to elements not in the string; also : being such a rule

First Known Use of CONTEXT-FREE

1964

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