memberwise

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English

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Etymology

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member +‎ -wise

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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memberwise (not comparable)

  1. (computing, programming) In terms of members (items associated with class instances).
    • 1997, Adrian P Robson, The programmer's guide to C++:
      If a copy constructor is not defined, a memberwise copy is performed. This means that a copy operation is applied to each data member in turn.