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ALGORITHMIC RULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
Synonyms:
algorithm; algorithmic program; algorithmic rule
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("algorithmic rule" is a kind of...):
formula; rule ((mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "algorithmic rule"):
sorting algorithm (an algorithm for sorting a list)
stemmer; stemming algorithm (an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem)
