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Combinatorial

Definition: Combinatorial

Combinatorial

Adjective

1. Relating to or involving combinations.

2. (mathematics) relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Combinatorial

DomainDefinition

Health

A cut-and-paste process that churns out thousands of potentially valuable compounds at once. (references)

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Synonyms: Combinatorial

Synonyms: combinative (adj), combinatory (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Combinatorial

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Interchange

Combinatorial.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Combinatorial

English words defined with "combinatorial": Boolean. (references)
Specialty definitions using "combinatorial": A Language for Intelligent Combinatorial ExplorationCharme, combinator, combinatorial test, computational geometryDNA computingfull arraygeometrical averagek-statisticsLady Mary JaneMarie-Johanna, metaheuristicNP-hardProgrammable Array Logic, programmable logic array, programmable logic devicesimulated annealing, Splimuncomputable function. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Combinatorial

DomainTitle

Books

  • Combinatorial Algorithms: T.C. Hu and M.T. Shing (reference)

  • Combinatorial Lottery Systems (Wheels) with Guaranteed Wins (reference)

  • Combinatorial Optimization: Networks and Matroids (reference)

  • Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics: An Applied Introduction (4th Edition) (reference)

  • Handbook of Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Usage Frequency: Combinatorial

"Combinatorial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Combinatorial" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%4153,521

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Combinatorial

Expressions using "combinatorial": A Language for Intelligent Combinatorial Exploration combinatorial chemistry combinatorial chemistry library Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques combinatorial circuit combinatorial explosion combinatorial test Neighbourhood combinatorial logic. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "combinatorial": non-combinatorial.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Combinatorial

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

combinatorial chemistry

45

combinatorial

15

combinatorial optimization

5

combinatorial game theory

4

catalysis chemistry combinatorial olefin polymerization

3

combinatorial integer optimization

2

catalysis chemistry combinatorial

2

chemistry combinatorial library

2

chemistry combinatorial journal

2

chemistry combinatorial design drug rational

2

combinatorial species

2
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Modern Translation: Combinatorial

Language Translations for "combinatorial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kombinator (combinative). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

комбинаторен (combinative). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

组合 (Combination, combinational, Combine, combo). (various references)

   

Czech

  

kombinaèní (combinative). (various references)

   

Danish

  

kombinerende klassifikation (combinatorial classification), kombinatorisk test (combinatorial test), kombinatorisk kredsløb (combinational circuit, combinational logic system, combinatorial circuit), kombinatorisk eksplosion (combinatorial explosion). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

combinatorische toets (combinatorial test), combinatorische explosie (combinatorial explosion), combinatorische classificatie (combinatorial classification), combinatorisch moment (combinatorial power mean), schakelnet (automatic network, combinational circuit, combinational logic system, combinatorial circuit, dialing network, switched network), schakelkring (combinational circuit, combinational logic system, combinatorial circuit). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

paikallinen kombinaatiologiikka (Neighbourhood combinatorial logic), kombinatorinen testi (combinatorial test), kombinatorinen räjähdys (combinatorial explosion), ALICE-kieli (A Language for Intelligent Combinatorial Exploration, ALICE). (various references)

   

French

  

classification combinatoire (combinatorial classification), circuit combinatoire (combinational circuit, combinational logic system, combinatorial circuit), chimie combinatoire (combinatorial chemistry), traitement combinatoire local (Neighbourhood combinatorial logic), test combinatoire (combinatorial test), TCL (neighbourhood combinatorial logic), synthèse combinatoire (combinatorial synthesis), moyenne de puissances (combinatorial power mean), logique combinatoire (combinational logic, combinatorial principle), explosion combinatoire (combinatorial explosion), banque combinatoire (combinatorial library), Alice (A Language for Intelligent Combinatorial Exploration). (various references)

   

German

  

Schaltnetz (combinational circuit, combinational logic system, combinatorial circuit), kombinatorisches Potenzmittel (combinatorial power mean), kombinatorischer Test (combinatorial test), kombinatorische Klassifikation (combinatorial classification), kombinatorische Explosion (combinatorial explosion), Alice (A Language for Intelligent Combinatorial Exploration, ALICE). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συνδυαστικός έλεγχος (combinatorial test), συνδυαστικός δυναμομέσος (combinatorial power mean), συνδυαστικό κύκλωμα (combinational circuit, combinational logic system, combinatorial circuit), συνδυαστική έκρηξη (combinatorial explosion), συνδυαστική ταξινόμηση (combinatorial classification). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kombinatorikus (combinative). (various references)

   

Italian

  

classificazione combinatoria (combinatorial classification), circuito combinatorio (combinational circuit, combinational logic system, combinatorial circuit), chimica combinatoria (combinatorial chemistry), prova combinatoria (combinatorial test), media combinatoria potenziata (combinatorial power mean), esplosione combinatoria (combinatorial explosion), ALICE (anchovy). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

조합 (Combination, Union). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ombinatorialcay

   

Portuguese

  

combinável. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

комбинаторный (combinative). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

kombinatoričan. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

combinacional (combinatory). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kombinatorisk. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

комбінаторний. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tổ hợp. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Combinatorial

Derivations

Words beginning with "combinatorial": combinatorially. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Combinatorial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: combinatoire, combinatorical, combinaturial, compilatorial, cumbinatorial. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Combinatorial

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-r-t"

-2 letters: calibration, lacrimation.

-3 letters: abominator, bilocation, microtonal, monitorial.

-4 letters: abolition, albinotic, antilabor, baritonal, botanical, cantorial, carbamino, coalition, cobalamin, coitional, laminator, libration, microbial, mortician, trinomial.

-5 letters: ablation, abnormal, abortion, acromial, acromion, ambition, amniotic, anabolic, anatomic, animalic, animator, armonica, aromatic, atomical, baronial, binomial, bionomic, biotical, biracial, boltonia, botanica, braciola, brainiac, brantail, calamint, carbinol, cilantro, claimant, colorant, colorman.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-r-t"
 

+2 letters: combinatorially, recombinational.

 

+3 letters: collaborationism, noncomparability.

 

+4 letters: collaborationisms.

 

+5 letters: noncomparabilities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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