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python

1

[ pahy-thon, -thuhn ]

noun

  1. any of several Old World boa constrictors of the subfamily Pythoninae, often growing to a length of more than 20 feet (6 meters): the Indian python, Python molurus, is endangered.


Python

2

[ pahy-thon, -thuhn ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.
  1. a large dragon who guarded the chasm at Delphi from which prophetic vapors emerged. He was finally killed by Apollo, who established his oracle on the site.

python

3

[ pahy-thon, -thuhn ]

noun

  1. a spirit or demon.
  2. a person who is possessed by a spirit and prophesies by its aid.

Python

4

[ pahy-thon ]

Digital Technology, Trademark.
  1. an open-source, high-level programming language known for its readability and support for multiple programming styles, and, due to its many libraries, a large range of applications.

python

1

/ paɪˈθɒnɪk; ˈpaɪθən /

noun

  1. any large nonvenomous snake of the family Pythonidae of Africa, S Asia, and Australia, such as Python reticulatus ( reticulated python ). They can reach a length of more than 20 feet and kill their prey by constriction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Python

2

/ ˈpaɪθən /

noun

  1. Greek myth a dragon, killed by Apollo at Delphi
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • pythonic, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of python1

First recorded in 1580–90; from New Latin; special use of Python 1

Origin of python2

First recorded in 1390–1400; Middle English, from Latin Pȳthōn, from Greek Pȳ́thōn; Pythian ( def ); perhaps akin to Typhôn, a part-serpent monster

Origin of python3

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Late Greek pȳ́thōn; relation to Python 1 unclear

Origin of python4

Coined in 1989 by Python's creator, Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum (born 1956), after the comedy troupe Monty Python
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Word History and Origins

Origin of python1

C16: New Latin, after Python
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Example Sentences

She also had to boost her computer programming skills and learn Python.

If you’re only starting in your coding career, it makes sense to start with Python.

Certain performers will focus on projects like Python, an open-source programming language used in a huge number of artificial-intelligence and machine-learning projects.

When the show turns its attention to mortality, it’s with the arch, absurdist sensibility of the Monty Python songs that pepper the season’s soundtrack.

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You can expect to learn how to build AI-powered applications and systems with Python and Java, the basics of putting together your own intelligent robots, and the blueprints and workflow you need to build successful AI business applications.

But most of all he loved Monty Python and would regularly repeat their hilarious sketches verbatim.

This being Monty Python, the answer should have been obvious—their memories are no more; their line retention has ceased to be.

Contrary to what we had all thought for the past 33 years, Monty Python is not dead.

The press release had stated that the show would feature “classic Python material with modern topical twists.”

He gives Carl back his gun and holsters his own famous Colt Python back around his waist.

I saw the trunk curling back and creeping up to me like a python crawling up a hillside to coil around its prey.

Did you ever see the great python that died lately at the Zoo climb his ragged staff of a tree?

He became to her thought a python whose coils were about her person, insufferable to the gaze backward.

It is restored to represent the god at the moment when he has shot the arrow that slays the Python.

Anaconda, an-a-kon′da, n. a large South American water-snake of the Python family, closely related to the boa-constrictor.

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