number-crunchv.

Brit.

/ˈnʌmbəˌkrʌn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/ˈnəmbərˌkrən(t)ʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: number n., crunch v.

Etymology: < number n. + crunch v., after number crunching n. Compare slightly earlier number-crunching adj. and earlier number cruncher n.

colloquial.

transitive. To process (large amounts of numerical data). Also intransitive.

ΚΠ

1974 Wireless World Dec. 483/3 And then ‘number crunching’ the data in a computer.

1991 Euromoney Jan. 88/1 The dealer accesses via his desktop PC a powerful computer on a local network which number-crunches incoming market data-feeds.

1995 Times (Nexis) 25 Oct. A computer incorporating quantum effects could number-crunch in multiple universes.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	number-crunch
释义	number-crunchv. Brit. /ˈnʌmbəˌkrʌn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈnəmbərˌkrən(t)ʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: number n., crunch v. Etymology: < number n. + crunch v., after number crunching n. Compare slightly earlier number-crunching adj. and earlier number cruncher n. colloquial. transitive. To process (large amounts of numerical data). Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1974 Wireless World Dec. 483/3 And then ‘number crunching’ the data in a computer. 1991 Euromoney Jan. 88/1 The dealer accesses via his desktop PC a powerful computer on a local network which number-crunches incoming market data-feeds. 1995 Times (Nexis) 25 Oct. A computer incorporating quantum effects could number-crunch in multiple universes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1974
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