FOIL
proper nounverbattested in dialogue
- United States
An acronym for the algorithm for multiplying two binomials.
proper noun
- 1
An acronym for the algorithm for multiplying two binomials.
Etymology
Acronym of first outer inner last or similar.
verb
- 1
To apply the FOIL algorithm to.
Forms
- past tense
- FOILed
- past participle
- FOILed
- present participle
- FOILing
- third person singular
- FOILs
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