elementwise function
nounUK /ˌelɪməntˈwaɪz ˈfʌŋkʃən/
US /ˌelɪməntˈwaɪz ˈfʌŋkʃən/
A rule that works on each item in a list one by one.
The elementwise function added two to every number in the list.
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2. In programming, a function applied to every element of an array without writing a loop.
NumPy's elementwise function squared each value in the array at once.
3. In mathematics, an operation defined separately on each coordinate of a tuple or vector.
The elementwise function multiplied each coordinate of the vector by three.
4. A mapping in data processing that transforms each record independently of the others.
We used an elementwise function to clean every row of the table.