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Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: piecewise-defined
Antonyms: none provided
Clipping of piecewise linear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
In terms or by means of pieces; a piece at a time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Near-synonyms: piecemeal, apiece
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: piecemeal, apiece
Antonyms: none provided
Throughout separate parts, but not necessarily throughout the whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
paloittain
— piece at a time
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Polish:
odcinkowo
— piece at a time
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Polish:
po kawałku
— piece at a time
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Spanish:
por piezas
— piece at a time
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Swedish:
stegvis
— piece at a time
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Swedish:
steg för steg
— piece at a time
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Swedish:
etappvis
— piece at a time
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Asturian:
a tramos
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Catalan:
a trossos
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Finnish:
paloittain
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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French:
par morceaux
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Galician:
por tramos
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Icelandic:
á köflum
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Italian:
a tratti
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Japanese:
区分的に
(kubunteki-ni)
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Polish:
przedziałowo
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Portuguese:
por partes
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Portuguese:
em troços
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Spanish:
por tramos
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Spanish:
por partes
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole
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Spanish:
a trozos
— mathematics: throughout separate parts but not necessarily throughout the whole