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listwise

listwise adjective: of or relating to a list or lists.

Adjective

listwise (comparative more listwise, superlative most listwise)

  1. Of or relating to a list or lists.
    • A brief comparison will be done on the differences of the listwise and pairwise correlations.2006, Kristie Earnheart, Cardiovascular problems as a predictor of later cognitive decline, University of North Texas
    • As a result, two variants of listwise approach are proposed to emphasize ranking order on the top of the ranked list.2010, Pu-Jen Cheng, Min-Yen Kan, Wai Lam, Information Retrieval Technology

Adverb

listwise (comparative more listwise, superlative most listwise)

  1. In manner as a list; by list.
    • Exclude missing values listwise.1986, SPSS Inc, SPSS X user's guide

Forms of listwise

Adjective
comparativemore listwise
superlativemost listwise
Adverb
comparativemore listwise
superlativemost listwise

Origin of listwise

From list + -wise.

Words formed from listwise

  • listwise deletion

Questions about listwise

What does listwise mean?
Listwise means of or relating to a list or lists.
What part of speech is listwise?
Listwise can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near listwise in the dictionary

  1. listview
  2. listviews
  3. listwaenite
  4. listwanite
  5. listwashing
  6. listwise
  7. listy
  8. Lisu
  9. lisuride
  10. Lisus
  11. Lisvane

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