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CHUNKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chunking mean?
• CHUNKING (noun)
The noun CHUNKING has 1 sense:
1. (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
Familiarity information: CHUNKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
chunking; unitisation; unitization
Hypernyms ("chunking" is a kind of...):
configuration; constellation (an arrangement of parts or elements)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Derivation:
chunk (group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side)
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