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Meaning of regular language | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A formal language that can be expressed using a regular expression or finite-state machine.

Examples

“There is an interesting way to get the negation (complement) of a regular language L defined by a FS automaton, provided the automaton is ε-free.”
“A regular language is one that can be generated by a regular grammar or finite-state automaton, the lowest level of the Chomsky hierarchy. It is well known that these grammars are inadequate to represent natural language syntax.”

CEFR level

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