Etymology

pushdown

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Today it means: Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added. Full definition →

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pushdown · adjective, noun1

From push + down; by analogy with a spring-loaded stack of plates in a cafeteria.

pushdown · noun, adjective2

Deverbal from push down.

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