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metaclass

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A class that serves as a template for other classes rather than objects.

Equivalents

Françaismétaclasse
DeutschMetaklasse
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Polskimetaklasa

Examples

“That is, all metaclasses (such as Collection class, Object class and Set⟳ class) are instances of the class Metaclass. This is because all metaclasses have⟳ the same behavior. They define⟳ the structure⟳, definition and behavior of a class.”
“First, the class can explicitly specify⟳ its metaclass by either setting a __metaclass__ class variable (Python 2), or supplying the metaclass keyword argument in the tuple of base⟳ classes (Python 3).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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