Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metaheuristic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
meta-heuris-tic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From meta- + heuristic.

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What does metaheuristic mean?
An experimental heuristic method for solving a general class of computational problems by combining user procedures in the hope of obtaining a more efficient or robust procedure.
Where does metaheuristic come from?
From meta- + heuristic.

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