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evaluation - 5 dictionary results

e⋅val⋅u⋅a⋅tion

[i-val-yoo-ey-shuhn]
–noun
1. an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
2. (esp. in medicine) a diagnosis or diagnostic study of a physical or mental condition.

Origin:
1745–55; < F évaluation. See e-, valuation
e·val·u·ate   (ĭ-vāl'yōō-āt')   
tr.v.   e·val·u·at·ed, e·val·u·at·ing, e·val·u·ates
  1. To ascertain or fix the value or worth of.
  2. To examine and judge carefully; appraise. See Synonyms at estimate.
  3. Mathematics To calculate the numerical value of; express numerically.

[Back-formation from evaluation, from French évaluation, from Old French, from evaluer, to evaluate : e-, out (from Latin ē-, ex-; see ex-) + value, value; see value.]
e·val'u·a'tion n., e·val'u·a·tive adj., e·val'u·a·tor n.

Evaluation

E*val`u*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]valuation, LL. evaluatio.] Valuation; appraisement. --J. S. Mill.

evaluation 
1755, from Fr. evaluation, from evaluer "to find the value of," from ex- "out" + value (see value). Evaluate is an 1842 back-formation.

evaluation programming
1. Converting an expression into a value using some reduction strategy.
2. The process of examining a system or system component to determine the extent to which specified properties are present.
(1996-05-13)

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