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Mersenne twister

Mersenne twister noun: a kind of pseudorandom number generator whose period length is chosen to be a Mersenne prime.

Noun

Mersenne twister (plural Mersenne twisters)

  1. A kind of pseudorandom number generator whose period length is chosen to be a Mersenne prime.

Forms of Mersenne twister

pluralMersenne twisters

Questions about Mersenne twister

What does Mersenne twister mean?
Mersenne twister means a kind of pseudorandom number generator whose period length is chosen to be a Mersenne prime.
What part of speech is Mersenne twister?
Mersenne twister is a noun.
What is the plural of Mersenne twister?
The plural of Mersenne twister is Mersenne twisters.

Words near Mersenne twister in the dictionary

  1. Mersea
  2. Mersea Island
  3. Mersenne
  4. Mersenne prime
  5. Mersenne primes
  6. Mersenne twister
  7. Mersenne twisters
  8. Mersennian
  9. Mersereau
  10. Mersereaus
  11. merses

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