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number crunching

number crunching is the alternative spelling of number-crunching.

Meaning of number-crunching

Noun

number-crunching (uncountable)

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

Questions about number crunching

What is number crunching the alternative spelling of?
Number crunching is the alternative spelling of number-crunching.

Words near number crunching in the dictionary

  1. number closes
  2. number closing
  3. number coding
  4. number cruncher
  5. number crunchers
  6. number crunching
  7. number densities
  8. number density
  9. number eight
  10. number eights
  11. number eleven

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Adapted from Wiktionary: number crunching (page history and authors); number-crunching (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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