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Math | A translation of an algorithm from one model of computation to another in which the work is the same in both models, to within a constant factor. (references) |
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Crosswords: WORST CASE |
| Specialty definitions using "WORST CASE": amortized cost ♦ competitive ratio ♦ overclocking ♦ weight-balanced tree ♦ xor. (references) |
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Screenplays | How is it that you always come up with the worst case scenario? (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright) Worst case scenario? (Rock the Boat; writing credit: Tobi Ross) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Worst Case Scenarios (2002) | |
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Business | At Mae Moh, the power plant with the worst case of air pollution emission in Thailand, there are 15 ambient AQ monitoring stations. (references) | |
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Expressions using "WORST CASE": Worst case design ♦ worst case testing. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
worst case scenario | 87 |
worst case | 6 |
the worst case scenario survival handbook | 5 |
worst case scenario handbook | 4 |
worst case scenario book | 3 |
worst case scenario game | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "WORST CASE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | worst-case afprøvning (most appropriate challenge conditions, worst case testing), afprøvning af værste tilfælde (most appropriate challenge conditions, worst case testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ergste-geval-test (most appropriate challenge conditions, worst case testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | huonoimman vaihtoehdon testaus (most appropriate challenge conditions, worst case testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | test dans le pire cas (worst case testing), test dans le cas le plus défavorable (worst case testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schlimmster Fall. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δοκιμές της χειρότερης περίπτωσης (most appropriate challenge conditions, worst case testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | legrosszabb esetben (at the worst, at worst, in the worst case). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orstway asecay teste dos piores casos (most appropriate challenge conditions, worst case testing). (various references) неблагоприятный (adverse, baffling, contrary, disadvantageous, inauspicious, inimical, none to bright, none too bright, sinister, unauspicious, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfriendly, unpropitious, untoward, worst-case). (various references) pruebas para el caso más desfavorable (most appropriate challenge conditions, worst case testing), condiciones de provocación de errores (most appropriate challenge conditions, worst case testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-o-r-s-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: coarsest, coasters. | |
-2 letters: actress, casters, castors, coaster, coaters, corsets, costars, costers, escorts, escrows, recasts, scoters, sectors, sowcars, wasters, worsets. | |
-3 letters: across, actors, ascots, assert, assort, asters, caress, carets, carses, cartes, caster, castes, castor, caters, cestas, cestos, coarse, coasts, coater, corses, corset, cosets, cosset, costae, costar, coster, cowers, crases, crates, crests, crosse, escars, escort. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-o-r-s-s-t-w" | |
+3 letters: watercourses. | |
+5 letters: watercolorists. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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