number crunching

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   performing complex and lengthy numerical calculations

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Questions about number crunching

What does number crunching mean?

number crunching means "performing complex and lengthy numerical calculations".

Is number crunching a common word?

number crunching is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.