Usually means: Defined in segments; different rules.
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  1. piecewise: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. piecewise: Collins English Dictionary
  3. piecewise: Wordnik
  4. piecewise: Wiktionary
  5. piecewise: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. piecewise: Dictionary.com
  7. Piecewise: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Piecewise: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. piecewise: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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  1. Piecewise: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (piecewise)

adverb:  In terms or by means of pieces; a piece at a time.
adverb:  (especially mathematics) Throughout separate parts, but not necessarily throughout the whole.
adjective:  (mathematics) Defined by subfunctions and subdomains
adjective:  (mathematics) Clipping of piecewise linear. [(mathematics) Equal to a sum of finitely many linear functions, each defined on a convex polytope: said of functions between vector spaces]

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