plural of clack valve

plural of clan mate

Alternative spelling of clanmate

(US, law) A patent claim where one or more limitations are specifically identified as a point of novelty, distinguishable over at least the contents of the preamble.

(US, law) A patent claim to a computer program, written in the form of a claim to an article of manufacture: a computer-readable medium on which are encoded, typically, instructions for carrying out a process.

(US, law) A patent claim that identifies multiple functionally equivalent chemical entities allowed in one or more parts of a compound.

(object-oriented programming) A class that can be instantiated and may have concrete methods.

(Singapore, Hong Kong, informal) The middle class; specifically those who are too wealthy to qualify for welfare schemes but not rich enough to afford non-subsidized housing, access further opportunities or maintain lifestyle expectations.

(object-oriented programming) Synonym of subclass

(object-oriented programming) An inner class declared outside a function (hence a "member") and not declared as static.