English Dictionary
spirant
adj : produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as
`f'. `s', `z', or `th' (in both `thin' and `then'))
[syn: {fricative}, {sibilant}]
n : a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a
narrowing of the vocal tract [syn: {fricative consonant},
{fricative}]
English Computing Dictionary
SPRINT
List processing language involving stack operations. "SPRINT
- A Direct Approach to List Processing Languages", C.A. Kapps,
Proc SJCC 30 (1967). Sammet 1969, p 462.