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piecewise

adverb

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adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English piece Proto-Indo-European *weyd- 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.

  1. Defined by subfunctions and subdomains

    Our formula is not defined as a piecewise function, but rather as a single closed-form expression

    is a piecewise function but not a PLQ function

  2. Clipping of piecewise linear.

    In piecewise regression we replace the concept

    we can get arbitrarily close to any piecewise function with knot locations satisfying

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English piece Proto-Indo-European *weyd- 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.

  1. In terms or by means of pieces; a piece at a time.

    Near-synonyms: piecemeal, apiece

    One could even do the recount piecewise, starting with the most questionable regions.

  2. Throughout separate parts, but not necessarily throughout the whole.

    automatic reconstruction of accurate, concise, piecewise smooth surface models from scattered range data

    theory of piecewise differentiable functions and, specifically, piecewise differentiable equations