Self-descriptives

Translation of "self-descriptives" into Russian

Noun

self-descriptives pl

self-descriptive

self-descriptives pl

Countable noun for a word, phrase, sentence, etc. that describes itself.

автологизм

Термин лингвистики и логики; слово, описывающее само себя

'Polysyllabic' is a self-descriptive.

«Многосложное» — это автологизм.

Noun

A word, phrase, sentence, or number that describes itself; an autological expression.

‘Polysyllabic’ is a self-descriptive because it has many syllables.

Adjective

Describing itself; containing a description of its own nature, structure, or content.

The sentence ‘This sentence contains five words’ is self-descriptive.

(Computing, mathematics) Having the property that its representation includes a full description of itself.

XML is often called a self-descriptive format because its tags explain the data they enclose.