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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
That supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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adj
Full of state; stately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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History
From state + -ful. In the computing sense it is intended as an opposite for stateless.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
