Used in a Sentence

fibs

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fibs.

Editorial note

Those are sort of important considerations, because it can mean the difference between a linear fibs and a quadratic fibs, or an O(nlogn) sort and a O(n²) sort.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Initialism of flying inflatable boat.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fibs gathered in one view.

noun

Initialism of flying inflatable boat.

noun

(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.

noun

(informal, rare) A liar.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fibs.

noun

Initialism of flying inflatable boat.

noun

(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.

noun

(informal, rare) A liar.

noun

(medicine, informal) The fibula.

Example sentences

1

Those are sort of important considerations, because it can mean the difference between a linear fibs and a quadratic fibs, or an O(nlogn) sort and a O(n²) sort.

2

It's popular in Haskell, for example: fibs a b = a: fibs b (a+b) fib n = fibs 0 1!!

3

Prelude> let fibs = 0: 1: zipWith (+) fibs (tail fibs) Prelude>:set +s Prelude> fibs!!

4

Printf cutoff = 35 fibs = [ fib n | n <- [0..] ] fib':: Int -> Integer fib' 0 = 0 fib' 1 = 1 fib' n = fibs!!

5

In the example in question, the author compares apples to oranges: an imperative iterative Fibonacci print-first-n-fibs vs.

6

Each call to 'fibs' constructs a list with its first argument and the recursive call.

7

I'm just saying that I don't see the point in telling fibs to kids, particularly dull, unimaginative ones.

8

Also, some vendors' IPv6 implementations have FIBs that use /64's, and may need buckets for multiple subnets within, which can be inefficient.

9

Also other fibs: dads owns 'Norton Antivirus', and related to WCW wrestler Scott Norton.

10

That's because the entries in fibs are thunks which become very large.

11

I'm guessing there were some little fibs used to get the registration past the hostmasters...

12

Haskell - fib (Just n) Nothing = Just (fibs!!

Quote examples

1

Experimenters have tell fibs in order to discover the truth about your behavior: the only way to prevent you from thinking of the word "elephant" is say the experiment is about cats.

2

Note how haskell is "side-effect free" for fibs, yet somehow memory allocation or the time required for allocation is not considered a side-effect when I ask for "fibs!!

3

(mod % 2))) fibs)) Using a predicate in the filter function of "< limit and mod 2 == 0" does not work as the fibs sequence is evaluated even after the terms in the sequence become greater than the limit (all it means is that every term above the limit is filtered out).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fibs in a sentence?

Those are sort of important considerations, because it can mean the difference between a linear fibs and a quadratic fibs, or an O(nlogn) sort and a O(n²) sort.

What does fibs mean?

Initialism of flying inflatable boat.

What part of speech is fibs?

fibs is commonly used as noun.