context-sensitive

English

Adjective

context-sensitive (not comparable)

1. (computing, philosophy) Sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation.

   Right-click anywhere in the document window, and a context-sensitive menu appears.

2. (grammar) Involving transformations that are affected by more of the sentence than merely the section under scrutiny.

   Antonym: context-free

3. (grammar) Relating to a context-sensitive grammar.

   We introduce two new techniques for proving termination of context-sensitive rewriting.

Translations

sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation

• Finnish: kontekstiherkkä, kontekstista riippuva, yhteysherkkä
• French: contextuel (fr)
• German: kontextsensitiv (de)
• Icelandic: samhengisháður

involving transformations that are affected by more of the sentence than merely the section under scrutiny

• Finnish: kontekstiherkkä, kontekstista riippuva, yhteysherkkä
• German: kontextsensitiv (de)
• Icelandic: samhengisháður

relating to a context-sensitive grammar

• Finnish: kontekstiherkkä, kontekstista riippuva, yhteysherkkä
• German: kontextsensitiv (de)
• Icelandic: samhengisháður

See also

• context-dependent