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NUMBER CRUNCHING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does number crunching mean?
• NUMBER CRUNCHING (noun)
The noun NUMBER CRUNCHING has 1 sense:
1. performing complex and lengthy numerical calculations
Familiarity information: NUMBER CRUNCHING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Performing complex and lengthy numerical calculations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("number crunching" is a kind of...):
calculation; computation; computing (the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods)
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