Elementwise

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obtained by operating on one element (of a matrix etc) at a time. not-comparable

    "While this elementwise approach required more computation time up front (the combined simulation matrices were approximately 4.6 times higher than a single large simulation), it could be performed in parallel on a computing cluster."

Example

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"While this elementwise approach required more computation time up front (the combined simulation matrices were approximately 4.6 times higher than a single large simulation), it could be performed in parallel on a computing cluster."

Etymology

From element + -wise.

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