piecewise
/ˈpiːswʌɪz/rare before late 19th cent
adverb
1By or in pieces; by degrees, piecemeal.
2 Mathematics. Throughout each of a finite number of separate parts or regions but not necessarily throughout the whole.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Nathaniel Fairfax (1637–1690), physician and antiquary. From piece + -wise. Compare German stückweise.
- cutler
- cutlery
- cutlet
- cutline
- cut loose
- cut lunch
- cut no ice
- cut-off
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- cut one's losses
- cut one's own throat
- cut one's teeth
- cut (or pare) something to the bone
- cut (or tear) something to ribbons
- cut out
- cutover
- cut-price
- cutpurse
- cut-rate
- cutscene
- cut someone dead
- cut someone down to size
- cut someone in
- cut someone off
- cut someone off (or down) in their prime