chunking
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Synonyms: clunking, chinking, thunking, chucking, chanking, chungking, hunking, cunning, choking, changing, thinking
Antonyms: clunking, chinking, thunking, chucking, chanking, chungking, hunking, cunning, choking, changing, thinking
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Noun
- The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a [[hammer]] or a [[crowbar]].
- {{senseid|en|psychology}} {{lb|en|psychology}} A strategy for making more [[efficient]] use of short-term [[memory]] by [[recoding]] information.
- {{lb|en|writing}} A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
- {{lb|en|computing}} The division of [[memory]] or [[data]] etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
- {{lb|en|math|education}} The [[partial]]-[[quotient]]s [[method]] for solving simple [[division]] problems by repeated [[subtraction]].
Verb
- {{infl of|en|chunk||ing-form}}
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