elementwise

elementwise

English

Alternative forms

  • element-wise

Etymology

From element +‎ -wise.

Adjective

elementwise (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Obtained by operating on one element (of a matrix etc) at a time.
    • 2019 December 26, Nathan McDannold, P. Jason White, and Rees Cosgrove, “Elementwise approach for simulating transcranial MRI-guided focused ultrasound thermal ablation”, in Physical Review Research[1], →DOI, archived from the original on 8 April 2021:
      While this elementwise approach required more computation time up front (the combined simulation matrices were approximately 4.6 times higher than a single large simulation), it could be performed in parallel on a computing cluster.