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A '''supercombinator''' is a [[mathematical expression]] which is [[Free variables and bound variables|fully bound]] and [[self-contained]]. It may be either a [[constant (mathematics)|constant]] or a [[combinator]] where all the subexpressions are supercombinators. Supercombinators are used in the implementation of functional languages.
In mathematical terms, a [[Lambda calculus|lambda expression]] ''S'' is a supercombinator of [[arity]] ''n'' if it has no free variables and is of the form λx<sub>1</sub>.λx<sub>2</sub>...λx<sub>n</sub>.''E'' (with ''n'' ≥ 0, so that lambdas are not required) such that ''E'' itself is not a [[lambda abstraction]] and any lambda abstraction in ''E'' is again a supercombinator.
== See also ==
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