Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piecewise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: piece-wise
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In terms or by means of pieces; a piece at a time.

adv

Throughout separate parts, but not necessarily throughout the whole.

adj

Defined by subfunctions and subdomains

adj

Clipping of piecewise linear.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: piecemeal, apiece"
"One could even do the recount piecewise, starting with the most questionable regions."
"automatic reconstruction of accurate, concise, piecewise smooth surface models from scattered range data"
"theory of piecewise differentiable functions and, specifically, piecewise differentiable equations"
"piecewise linear model which can serve as the base of any other"
"Our formula is not defined as a piecewise function, but rather as a single closed-form expression"

Etymology

Etymology tree English piece Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English piecewise From piece + -wise.

Derived Forms

piecewiseness nonpiecewise piecewisely

Phrases

piecewise function piecewise linear piecewise smooth

Frequently Paired Words

systemically locally

Synonyms

piecemeal apiece piecewise-defined

Questions

What does piecewise mean?: In terms or by means of pieces; a piece at a time.
Where does piecewise come from?: Etymology tree English piece Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English piecewise From piece + -wise.

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