Have traded off
What does "trade" and "off" mean?
"We have traded off one matrix multiplication for a constant number of matrix additions."
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Hello Tara, "trade off something" means "to balance one situation or quality against another, in order to produce an acceptable result Eg. Companies are under pressure to trade off price stability for short-term gains. com/dictionary/trade-off&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwio_8-y7_zfAhVFzqQKHRPiA9sQFjAAegQICxAC&usg=AOvVaw2j7R6zxunJBCqan2r0DMP2 Best wishes, Joseph
- Hello Tara, "trade off something" means "to balance one situation or quality against another, in order to produce an acceptable result Eg.
- Companies are under pressure to trade off price stability for short-term gains.
- com/dictionary/trade-off&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwio_8-y7_zfAhVFzqQKHRPiA9sQFjAAegQICxAC&usg=AOvVaw2j7R6zxunJBCqan2r0DMP2 Best wishes, Joseph
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Hello Tara,
"trade off something" means "to balance one situation or quality against another, in order to produce an acceptable result
Eg. Companies are under pressure to trade off price stability for short-term gains.
Please look at the first definition of the phrasal verb "trade off something" in the following link:
0Tara2What does "trade" and "off" mean?
They can't be taken as separate words. Together they form one phrasal verb, to trade off. The essential idea is 'exchange' or 'interchange', 'replace' or 'substitute'.
You can therefore substitute 'replaced' for 'traded off' and get the same meaning. Or:
We did a matrix multiplication instea
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