Definition of literals Literals

We found 3 definitions of literals from 2 different sources.

What does literals mean?

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Adjective
literal - limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"
		nonliteral, figurative (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"
		exact marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"
		unrhetorical not rhetorical
literal - without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him"
		exact marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"
literal - avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth"
literal - being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"
		actual, genuine, real
		true accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target"

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literal (Noun)
A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
literal (Noun)
A propositional propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable.
literal (Adjective)
Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.
literal (Adjective)
Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.
literal (Adjective)
Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.

literal (a.)
According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.
literal (a.)
Following the letter or exact words; not free.
literal (a.)
Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
literal (a.)
Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons.
literal (n.)
Literal meaning.

literal
Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something.

literal
lit′ėr-al, adj. according to the letter: plain: not figurative or metaphorical: following the letter or exact meaning, word for word.—v.t. Lit′eralise.—ns. Lit′eraliser; Lit′eralism, strict adherence to the letter: interpretation that is merely verbal: (art) exact and unimaginative rendering of objects; Lit′eralist; Literal′ity.—adv. Lit′erally.—n. Lit′eralness. [Fr.,—L. literalis—litera, a letter.]