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Definition: Combinatorial |
CombinatorialAdjective1. 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. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A cut-and-paste process that churns out thousands of potentially valuable compounds at once. (references) |
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Synonyms: CombinatorialSynonyms: combinative (adj), combinatory (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Interchange | Combinatorial. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Combinatorial |
| English words defined with "combinatorial": Boolean. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "combinatorial": A Language for Intelligent Combinatorial Exploration ♦ Charme, combinator, combinatorial test, computational geometry ♦ DNA computing ♦ full array ♦ geometrical average ♦ k-statistics ♦ Lady Mary Jane ♦ Marie-Johanna, metaheuristic ♦ NP-hard ♦ Programmable Array Logic, programmable logic array, programmable logic device ♦ simulated annealing, Splim ♦ uncomputable function. (references) |
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| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 41 | 53,521 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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. | |
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Ending with "combinatorial": non-combinatorial. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| 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 combinável. (various references) комбинаторный (combinative). (various references) kombinatoričan. (various references) combinacional (combinatory). (various references) kombinatorisk. (various references) комбінаторний. (various references) tổ hợp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "combinatorial": combinatorially. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
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. | |
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