algorithm

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (1)  · 
“
Other features of the algorithm are also clearer - for instance, the famous "rabbits" and

View all »
Definitions (4)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. noun A step-by-step problem-solving procedure, especially an established, recursive computational procedure for solving a problem in a finite number of steps.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (1)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (40)

  • The fact that this algorithm is a horizontal one and not vertical as is CW is another stumbling block for those who are CW differentiated. finally, the components of support, comfort and confidence of this algorithm do not exist in CW. —  FinanceVisor - Today's News Stories
  • For the algorithm (5), Dedmore "H" Pattern, a way to remember the algorithm is to follow the path of the flipped edge on the top right and the pair of corners around it for the first half of the algorithm. —  doggdot.us
  • A welcome by-product of our algorithm is a very reasonable taxonomy of the Caltech-256 dataset. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Good question, but it's one that will remain a mystery since the algorithm is a trade secret. —  mental_floss Blog
  • First the algorithm is analyzed in terms of the teleportation fidelity of six input states evenly distributed over the Bloch sphere. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 141 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Variant (probably influenced by arithmetic) of algorism.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈælgoʊkrɪðm/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about once a week.

Recently looked up

porch · Hilary · nondescript · athwart · Moorcock

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

eu oi oìa u ou e u oìa · the octopi are dry · Kansas City · spell it rite · put it in your pocket