Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.

  3. (countable, uncountable)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.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.

    (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units

  5. (countable, uncountable)The partial-quotients method for solving simple division problems by repeated subtraction.

Forms

plural: chunkings
Singularchunking
Pluralchunkings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units:unitizationunitisation

Word family

1 related words
Relatedchunk

See also

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