uniquify

verb — 2 senses

uniquify

verb

Etymology From unique + -ify.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To eliminate duplicates from a list, especially when using the *nix command/function uniq.

2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To turn an instance of a type into an instance of a new unique copy of the original type.

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