cadr

noun

cadr

noun

/ˈkɑːdə/ · /ˈkɑdɚ/

Etymology Contraction of car of the cdr.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences Car of the cdr in Lisp. The second element in a list.

  • If we let x denote the tree (1 2 3), then the car of x is 1, the cdr of x is (2 3), the cadr of x is 2, the caddr of x is 3, and the cdddr of x is nil.2000, Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, J. Strother Moore, Computer-Aided Reasoning: An Approach:
Derived terms
caddr

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