What is "Symbol-wise"?
I met this word symbol-wise when trying to translate a file of my company, and it confused me. There are few helpful result by bing or whatever search engine. Can anyone tell me the meaning of it? Thanks.
Context is as follows:
the symbol-wise combination of 16 complex orthogonal code words ai, ...
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wangkingkingkin the symbol-wise combination of 16 complex orthogonal code words ai, ... : counterclockwise; edgewise; marketwise; timewise. 1 a : in the manner of crabwise fanwise b : in the position or direction of slantwise clockwise 2 : with regard to : in respect of dollarwise I suppose it is meaning 1a that applies to your text.
- wangkingkingkin the symbol-wise combination of 16 complex orthogonal code words ai, ...
- : counterclockwise; edgewise; marketwise; timewise.
- 1 a : in the manner of crabwise fanwise b : in the position or direction of slantwise clockwise 2 : with regard to : in respect of dollarwise I suppose it is meaning 1a that applies to your text.
- The suffix '-wise' is freely used to create ad hoc words that you will not find in dictionaries.
- The writer of that text may well have created the word himself.
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wangkingkingkinthe symbol-wise combination of 16 complex orthogonal code words ai, ...
suffixal use of -wise in adverbs denoting manner, position, direction, reference, etc.:
counterclockwise; edgewise; marketwise; timewise.
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a : in the manner of crabwise fanwise
b : in the position or direction of slantwise clockw
0It is hard to fully understand just from that fragment, but "symbol-wise" means "with respect to symbols" or "concerning symbols". So, a "symbol-wise combination" would mean some sort of combination that concerns symbols.
(Cross-posted.)
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