spread
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- noun
- /sprɛd/
- Specialized
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operador spread
- In addition, the drains facilitate the spread of seeds from invasive weeds, salt cedar, Russian olives, and Chinese elms.
Examples
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Using the spread syntax, you can merge two separate arrays into one cohesive array of elements.
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In programming, the spread operator allows developers to easily expand an array into individual elements for function arguments.
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As you can see, the spread just does not match.
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Global operations are further divided into radial and spread operations.
Academic text (2018) -
Moreover, as disaster-affected communities become increasingly "digital" thanks to the spread of mobile phones, the number of voices will increase significantly.
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Radial operations access straight lines of cells, while spread operations access sequences of cells given by some topological criteria (e.g., the water flow direction).
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Recovery of this serotype in locations other than inner cities in western Canada (including northern Saskatchewan) suggests its spread beyond the larger metropolitan areas of western Canada (34).
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The new spread method in JavaScript makes it simple to copy objects without modifying the original.
Idioms
- Offensive
To spread bad news or rumors very quickly and be hard to stop
Compounds
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A soft food made from cheese mixed with butter, cream, or spices to spread on bread
- Specialized
A jump with arms and legs stretched out to the sides like an eagle
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spread in computing borrows the everyday idea of taking a group and opening it out, from an old word meaning 'stretch'. So the programming 'spread' expands an array by spreading its items out as separate values.