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table-maker's dilemma

table-maker's dilemma proper noun: the problem of the unknown cost of rounding transcendental functions.

Proper noun

the table-maker's dilemma

  1. The problem of the unknown cost of rounding transcendental functions.

Origin of table-maker's dilemma

Coined by William M. Kahan, in allusion to the construction of mathematical tables.

Questions about table-maker's dilemma

What does table-maker's dilemma mean?
Table-maker's dilemma means the problem of the unknown cost of rounding transcendental functions.
What part of speech is table-maker's dilemma?
Table-maker's dilemma is a proper noun.

Words near table-maker's dilemma in the dictionary

  1. table-hoppers
  2. table-hopping
  3. table-hops
  4. table-linen
  5. table-linens
  6. table-maker's dilemma
  7. table-setting
  8. table-shade
  9. table-shades
  10. table-spoon
  11. table-spoons

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