Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyalgorithm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
polyal-go-rithm
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of algorithms together with rules for choosing when to use each one.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Arabic ال (al-) Arabic خَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy) Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)bor. Medieval Latin algorismusbor. Anglo-Norman algorismebor. Middle English algorisme English algorism ▲ English arithmo-influ. English algorithm English polyalgorithm From poly- + algorithm.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does polyalgorithm mean?
A set of algorithms together with rules for choosing when to use each one.
Where does polyalgorithm come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Arabic ال (al-) Arabic خَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy) Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)bor. Medieval Latin algorismusbor. Anglo-Norman algorismebor. Middle English algorisme English algorism ▲ English arithmo-influ. English algorithm English polyalgorithm From poly- + algorithm.

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