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number-crunching

number-crunching noun: any computing application that requires large amounts of numerical calculation.

Noun

number-crunching (uncountable)

  1. Any computing application that requires large amounts of numerical calculation.

Forms of number-crunching

alternative formnumber crunching

Questions about number-crunching

What does number-crunching mean?
Number-crunching means any computing application that requires large amounts of numerical calculation.
What part of speech is number-crunching?
Number-crunching is a noun.

Words near number-crunching in the dictionary

  1. number two
  2. number twos
  3. number'd
  4. number-cruncher
  5. number-crunchers
  6. number-crunching
  7. number-theoretic
  8. number-theoretic function
  9. number-theoretic functions
  10. number-theoretical
  11. number-theoretically

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