cons

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of con
2. A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
3. (form-of, plural)plural of CON

verb

1. To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.

   “This version of length arises naturally from the recursive definition of a list: “a list is either the empty list or an element consed onto another list.””

2. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of con