well-formed

See also: wellformed

English

Adjective

well-formed (not comparable)

(linguistics, computing) Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.
If the parser says it is good, then it must be well-formed and is part of the language.

Usage notes

In the context of certain computer languages, such as XML, well-formed may have a very specific and precisely defined meaning.

Antonyms

ill-formed

Hyponyms

formed

Related terms

well-formed formula

Translations

syntactically correct

Dutch: welgevormd (nl), goed (nl) gevormd (nl)

German: wohlgeformt (de)

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