formal grammar

/F AO1 R M AH0 L G R AE0 M ER0/
noun
  1. 1

    (computer science) A precise mathematical description of a formal language, consisting of terminal symbols, nonterminal symbols, a nonterminal symbol serving as start symbol, and a set of production rules that control the expansion of nonterminal symbols into strings consisting of both terminal and nonterminal symbols.

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