Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of Constable
  • noun of Constitution
  • noun [lowercase] of consonant
  • noun of consul.

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  • noun Plural form of con.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of con.
  • noun computing A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
  • verb computing To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.

Etymologies

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Abbreviation of construct.

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