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elif

noun

Etymology

Blend of else + if.

  1. inherited from *jabai✻
  2. inherited from *jabu✻
  3. inherited from ġif
  4. inherited from if
  5. compounded as elif — “else + if”

Definitions

  1. A conditional statement in computer code that runs after an "if" statement.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for elif. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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