Unhobble

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove hobbles from (a horse). transitive
  2. 2
    To unhinder, remove obstacles. figuratively, transitive

    "(It also highlights the central role of algorithmic progress: the ~0.5 OOMs/year of compute efficiencies, already significant, are only part of the story, and put together with unhobbling algorithmic progress overall is maybe even a majority of the gains on the current trend.)"

Synonyms

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looseloosenunbindunboltunbuckleunchain

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"(It also highlights the central role of algorithmic progress: the ~0.5 OOMs/year of compute efficiencies, already significant, are only part of the story, and put together with unhobbling algorithmic progress overall is maybe even a majority of the gains on the current trend.)"

Etymology

From un- + hobble.

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