English Explanatory Dictionary

backreference

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An item in a regular expression equivalent to the text matched by an earlier pattern in the expression.
verb
  1. To access (the text matched by an earlier pattern in a regular expression).

Pronunciation

En-us-backreference.oga

Word forms

backreference backreferences back-reference backreferencing backreferenced

Etymology

From back + reference.

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