Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

numerical control

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables: nu-mer-i-cal -con-trol
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The automated control of machine tools by means of numbers corresponding to motion inputs.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: CNC (broadly synonymous in current usage)"

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

NC CNC[Appendix:Glossary

Questions

What does numerical control mean?: The automated control of machine tools by means of numbers corresponding to motion inputs.

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