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scientific computing

scientific computing noun: the use of computing to solve scientific and engineering problems, especially by means of simulation, or the construction of mathematical models of physical, chemical or biological processes.

Noun

scientific computing (uncountable)

  1. The use of computing to solve scientific and engineering problems, especially by means of simulation, or the construction of mathematical models of physical, chemical or biological processes

Questions about scientific computing

What does scientific computing mean?
Scientific computing means the use of computing to solve scientific and engineering problems, especially by means of simulation, or the construction of mathematical models of physical, chemical or biological processes.
What part of speech is scientific computing?
Scientific computing is a noun.

Words near scientific computing in the dictionary

  1. scientific calculator
  2. scientific calculators
  3. scientific classification
  4. scientific classifications
  5. scientific communism
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  7. scientific creationism
  8. scientific frontier
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  10. scientific materialism
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