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python

Syllabification: (py·thon)
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Definition of python

noun

  • 1a large heavy-bodied nonvenomous constrictor snake occurring throughout the Old World tropics.
    • Family Pythonidae: genera Python (of Asia and Africa), and Morelia and Aspidites (of Australasia)
  • 2 (Python) Computing a high-level general-purpose programming language.

Derivatives

pythonic

Pronunciation: /pīˈTHänik/
adjective

Origin:

late 16th century (in the Greek sense): via Latin from Greek Puthōn, the name of a huge serpent killed by Apollo. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century

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