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  • adjective computing of the relationship between a class and any member of that class in object-oriented computer programming.

Etymologies

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has + a

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Examples

  • But if something has-a being from another world such as ours, and a superior one at that'then we have no choice but to consider how to deal with the development, which is complicated by one significant factor.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • But if something has-a being from another world such as ours, and a superior one at that'then we have no choice but to consider how to deal with the development, which is complicated by one significant factor.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • But if something has-a being from another world such as ours, and a superior one at that'then we have no choice but to consider how to deal with the development, which is complicated by one significant factor.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • 'Simon had - has-a rather Simoncentric view of the world, so he never saw it that way.

    A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

  • Try to pry a mussel from a rock, and you will discover what an incredibly firm grip it has-a necessity if the mussel is to resist the sharp beak of a hungry seabird or the pounding waves of the sea.

    WN.com - Articles related to Sea secrets - over 5,000 new marine species found 2010

  • (Which he has-a large portion of the set was taken from Titus 'debut album.)

    The L Magazine - New York City's Local Event and Arts & Culture Guide 2010

  • This is the classic has-a versus is-a distinction.

    MSDN Blogs ShawnHargreaves 2010

  • Him's existence, it is really remarkable that Volume One's follow-up has arrived as quickly as it has-a testament to Deschanel's proclivity to songwriting.

    Filter Magazine info@filtermmm.com 2010

  • Try to pry a mussel from a rock, and you will discover what an incredibly firm grip it has-a necessity if the mussel is to resist the sharp beak of a hungry seabird or the pounding waves of the sea.

    WN.com - Articles related to Sea secrets - over 5,000 new marine species found 2010

  • Try to pry a mussel from a rock, and you will discover what an incredibly firm grip it has-a necessity if the mussel is to resist the sharp beak of a hungry seabird or the pounding waves of the sea.

    WN.com - Articles related to Sea secrets - over 5,000 new marine species found 2010

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