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numeronyms

numeronyms is the plural of numeronym.

Meaning of numeronym

Noun

numeronym (plural numeronyms)

  1. A number-based word.
    • Given a history of failed and unpopular solutions, the problem of concurrency has even been assigned its own numeronym: "The C10K problem". How should network software confidently serving 10,000 simultaneous clients be designed?2013, Sandro Pasquali, Mastering Node.js, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 123
  2. An abbreviation formed by replacing letters within a word by the number of letters replaced, such as "I18n" for "Internationalization".
    • Is the numeronym a11y accessible?

Questions about numeronyms

What is numeronyms the plural of?
Numeronyms is the plural of numeronym.

Words near numeronyms in the dictionary

  1. numeromancy
  2. numeromantic
  3. numeron
  4. numerons
  5. numeronym
  6. numeronyms
  7. numerophile
  8. numerophiles
  9. numerophilia
  10. numerophilic
  11. numerophobe

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