Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quadratic time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: quadrat-ic -time
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A time algorithm in which given an input of size n, the number of steps required to complete a task is the square of n.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

quadratic times (plural)

Questions

What does quadratic time mean?: A time algorithm in which given an input of size n, the number of steps required to complete a task is the square of n.

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