ALL meanings of constructor
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C c - countable noun constructor A racing car constructor or aircraft constructor is a company that builds racing cars or aircraft. 3
- noun constructor A person who, or thing that constructs. 1
- noun constructor a person or thing that builds. 1
- noun constructor a person or company engaged in the construction business. 1
- noun constructor a person who devises crossword puzzles. 1
- noun Definition of constructor in Technology (programming) 1. In object-oriented languages, a function provided by a class to initialise a newly created object. The constructor function typically has the same name as the class. It may take arguments, e.g. to set various attributes of the object or it may just leave everything undefined to be set elsewhere. A class may also have a destructor function that is called when objects of the class are destroyed. 2. In functional programming and type theory, one of the symbols used to create an object with an algebraic data type. 1
- noun constructor (programming) A class method (in object-oriented programming) that creates and initializes each instance of an object. 0
- noun constructor (motorsport) A company or individual who builds racing vehicles. In Formula One, constructor status is strictly defined by the rules, but in other motorsports the term is merely a descriptor. Depending on the racing rules, some constructors (e.g. Cosworth) may provide vehicles to racing teams who are not themselves constructors , while others are both teams and constructors (Ducati Corse, Scuderia Ferrari). 0