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noun
- (complang) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
adjective
- Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.
- The translation is "hands full of bananas" but it means empty-handed.
- Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.
- A reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent.
- Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
(webster)
Translations: - Dutch: letterlijk
- French: littéral
- Italian: letterale
(trans-mid)
- Japanese: (t, ja, sc=Jpan, æ��å�ä¸�ã�®, tr=mojijÅ�-no)
Etymology: Latin litteralis (also literalis) "of or pertaining to letters".
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