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expressivity

expressivity

8.1
How well a language or system can show ideas and structures
  • noun
  • /ɪkˌsprɛsɪˈvɪti/
translation icon : expresividad
  • In fact, everything pales in comparison to Common Lisp when it comes to expressivity.

So it's not Haskell, which is where everybody learns, learns their tricks from, but the but we need to implement that and that will enable a new level of expressivity.

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Examples

  • In fact, each such problem (for example, finding some Hamiltonian cycle) is expressible by a fixed predicate program to which logical facts encoding a given problem instance (for example, a graph) are added. Again, additional constructs like disjunctive rules may increase the expressivity.

    Academic text (2011)

  • ASP borrows from each of these areas, all the time aiming review articles to maintain a balance between expressivity, ease of use, and computational effectiveness.

    Academic text (2011)

  • If you measure the expressivity, how, how many, how complicated the thing can can this piecewise flat guys express?

    Lex Fridman

  • Vocal inflections, so significant to oral communication, can serve to increase communicative accuracy and expressivity.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The expressivity of a programming language can greatly affect how easily a developer can convey complex ideas.

  • The artist's use of color and form adds to the expressivity of her work, allowing viewers to grasp her intended message.

  • In poetry, the expressivity of the language can evoke strong emotions and paint vivid images in the reader's mind.

Synonyms

expressiveness
vsexpressivity
2 4.1

The ability to show feelings or ideas clearly in words, art and movement

focuses on how well a system can represent ideas and structures
representability
vsexpressivity
  • Specialized
8.8

The ability to show or express something in a particular form

measures how fully ideas can be represented or communicated

How Expressible

clarity
152 3.0
expressivity
8.1

Surface Forms

expressivity singular
expressivities plural

Morphology

expressivity = expressive (semi-transparent) = express + ive + ity

The noun is a regular abstract noun from 'expressive', but the technical sense (capacity of a system or language) is a domain-specific extension.

Etymology

Expressivity comes from the parts ex- 'out' and press 'to press', the same root as express and expression. For a language or system, it means how well it can 'press out' or show ideas and structures. So the origin helps you remember that expressivity is about a system's power to show or say things clearly.