dynamically scoped

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dynamically scoped - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  dynamic scope
  dynamically scoped
  dynamic scoping
  
     <language> In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most
     versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not
     only in the block where it is declared, but also in any
     function or procedure called from within that block, even if
     the called procedure is declared outside the block.
  
     This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier,
     value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack
     for the most recent instance of a given identifier.
  
     The opposite is lexical scope.  A common implementation of
     dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  
     (1996-07-11)