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characterwise en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Hellenic *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der. Latin charactērder. Old French caracterebor. Middle English caracter English character Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English characterwise From character + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In terms of text characters.
    • Subfields necessitate characterwise processing, because only that field is given an entry in the directory of a record which specifies the tag, the length and the starting character position of the field concerned[…] 1977, E. Edelhoff, Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, On-line library and network systems: symposium:

characterwise en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Hellenic *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der. Latin charactērder. Old French caracterebor. Middle English caracter English character Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English characterwise From character + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In terms of character.
    • “What I saw was looking great, but characterwise I couldn’t tell who they are, what they do,” he said. 2009 August 22, Michael Cieply, Dave Itzkoff, “Blockbuster Trailer: The Selling of ‘Avatar’”, in New York Times:
  2. (not-comparable) In terms of text characters.