pairwise

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

pairwise

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• pair-wise

Etymology

From pair +‎ -wise.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pâr, IPA^(key): /ˈpɛə.waɪz/
• (General American, Canada) enPR: pâr, IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹ.waɪz/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.wɑez/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpeə.wɑez/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpiə.wɑez/

Adjective

pairwise (not comparable)

1. Occurring in pairs; two at a time.

   Coordinate term: triplewise

   They proceeded to make pairwise comparisons.

Derived terms

• nonpairwise
• pairwise disjoint
• pairwise linkage disequilibrium diagram
• pairwisely

Translations

occurring in pairs

Danish: parvis (da) Esperanto: pare (eo) Finnish: parittainen French: deux à deux (fr) German: paarweise (de), paarig (de) Italian: due a due, coppia a coppia

Adverb

pairwise (not comparable)

1. In or by pairs.