well-formed

well-formed
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.


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  • well-formed — UK [ˌwel ˈfɔː(r)md] / US [ˌwel ˈfɔrmd] adjective 1) having a good, complete, or beautiful shape strong square well formed teeth 2) linguistics a well formed sentence follows the rules of a language correctly. This would usually be called a… …   English dictionary

  • well-formed — /ˈwɛl fɔmd/ (say wel fawmd) adjective 1. pleasing in appearance or structure. 2. formed correctly, especially in grammar and logic. Also, (especially in predicative use), well formed /wɛl ˈfɔmd/ (say wel fawmd) …  

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